Name
irritable5
Label
Frequency of irritability due to sleep difficulties in the last 4 weeks
Description

Original question: The next questions ask about your sleep habits. Please choose one of the answers for each of the following questions. Pick the answer that best describes how often you experienced the situation in the past 4 weeks. 9. Did you have sleep difficulties that made you very irritable?

Domain
freq4weeks
  • 1: No, not in the past 4 weeks
  • 2: Yes, less than once a week
  • 3: Yes, 1 or 2 times a week
  • 4: Yes, 3 or 4 times a week
  • 5: Yes, 5 or more times a week
Type
choices
Frequency of irritability due to sleep difficulties in the last 4 weeks vs MESA exam number
Exam 5
Total 2,237
No, not in the past 4 weeks 1,880
Yes, less than once a week 96
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 127
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 56
Yes, 5 or more times a week 55
Unknown 23
Frequency of irritability due to sleep difficulties in the last 4 weeks vs Participant Age at MESA Sleep Visit
Exam 5
54.0 to 62.0 years 62.0 to 69.0 years 69.0 to 77.0 years 77.0 to 95.0 years Total
Total 560 559 559 559 2,237
No, not in the past 4 weeks 438 470 485 487 1,880
Yes, less than once a week 35 26 19 16 96
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 40 41 26 20 127
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 23 13 9 11 56
Yes, 5 or more times a week 19 9 12 15 55
Unknown 5 - 8 10 23
Frequency of irritability due to sleep difficulties in the last 4 weeks vs Gender of the participant
Exam 5
Female Male Total
Total 1,198 1,039 2,237
No, not in the past 4 weeks 978 902 1,880
Yes, less than once a week 58 38 96
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 80 47 127
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 42 14 56
Yes, 5 or more times a week 30 25 55
Unknown 10 13 23
Frequency of irritability due to sleep difficulties in the last 4 weeks vs Race/ethnicity of the participant
Exam 5
White, Caucasian Chinese American Black, African-American Hispanic Total
Total 830 265 616 526 2,237
No, not in the past 4 weeks 724 216 531 409 1,880
Yes, less than once a week 35 21 17 23 96
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 39 10 39 39 127
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 11 3 14 28 56
Yes, 5 or more times a week 15 6 12 22 55
Unknown 6 9 3 5 23