Name
slpngpills5
Label
Frequency of taking sleeping pills to help with sleep 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. 8. Did you take sleeping pills to help you sleep?

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 taking sleeping pills to help with sleep in the last 4 weeks vs MESA exam number
Exam 5
Total 2,237
No, not in the past 4 weeks 1,888
Yes, less than once a week 61
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 78
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 39
Yes, 5 or more times a week 146
Unknown 25
Frequency of taking sleeping pills to help with sleep 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 469 478 476 465 1,888
Yes, less than once a week 13 16 18 14 61
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 28 17 17 16 78
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 13 8 6 12 39
Yes, 5 or more times a week 31 39 34 42 146
Unknown 6 1 8 10 25
Frequency of taking sleeping pills to help with sleep 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 994 894 1,888
Yes, less than once a week 39 22 61
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 49 29 78
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 21 18 39
Yes, 5 or more times a week 83 63 146
Unknown 12 13 25
Frequency of taking sleeping pills to help with sleep 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 662 238 552 436 1,888
Yes, less than once a week 38 3 10 10 61
Yes, 1 or 2 times a week 33 9 19 17 78
Yes, 3 or 4 times a week 20 - 8 11 39
Yes, 5 or more times a week 71 5 23 47 146
Unknown 6 10 4 5 25