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This study aimed to (1) identify differences in sleep patterns between Filipino migrants and non-migrants across 2 years and (2) explore the impact of discrimination trajectories on sleep trajectories. The Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) consisted of a migrant (n = 832) and non-migrant cohort (n = 805), with baseline data collected in the Philippines. Both cohorts were followed longitudinally, with the non-migrants followed in the Philippines and the migrant cohort followed to the United States. Sleep duration, quality, and difficulty were assessed with the National Institutes of Health Patient-Reported Outcomes Information System (PROMIS) inventory, and discrimination was measured with an adapted version of the Everyday Discrimination scale. Migrants reported a faster decline in sleep duration (− 12 min a year) but higher sleep quality than non-migrants over 2 years. Migrants who reported high initial levels of everyday discrimination also reported faster declines in sleep duration and a slower decline in sleep difficulty. Further, migrants who reported stable (versus declining) levels of discrimination over 2 years reported a faster decline in sleep quality. These results speak to the complexity of immigrant health patterns and long-term associations between discrimination and sleep processes.
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We thank the Commission on Filipinos Overseas and their staff, especially Regina Galias, Ivy Miravalles, Golda Myra Roma, and Paul Vincent Avecilla, without whom this research would not be possible. We also thank Anna Vivas, Elma P. Laguna, Christian Joy Cruz, Lorna Perez, Delia Carba, Klarrines Tanalago, and Vanessa Medina for their insights and assistance with this project. This project is dedicated in memoriam to Larry Tagalog, a great friend and colleague, who was instrumental in developing and implementing this research.
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Lorenzo, K., Gee, G., de Castro, B. et al. Everyday Discrimination and Sleep Among Migrant and Non-migrant Filipinos: Longitudinal Analyses from the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES). J Immigrant Minority Health 26, 304–315 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-023-01554-6
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