Review estimates poor sleep quality among women in Ethiopia
The pooled estimate came from studies with very different results, limiting how confidently it can describe any particular community or life stage.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
Poor sleep quality was common in the Ethiopian women included in this review. Depression and stress, low social support, substance use and intimate partner violence were associated with poor sleep quality. These findings describe patterns in the reviewed samples; they do not establish which factor came first or show that addressing any particular factor would improve sleep.
Study results varied greatly (I² = 99%), so a pooled estimate may not describe every setting. The abstract gives no shared sleep-quality definition or study-level sampling details.
What researchers found
Pooled poor-sleep prevalence
Percentage classified with poor sleep across included samples; CI denotes the confidence interval, expressing uncertainty. No control comparator or common assessment timeframe was specified.
What the estimate measures
This abstract-based summary concerns the proportion classified with poor sleep, rather than a response to treatment. Separate estimates for different ages or stages of women's lives are not provided.
Associated factors need interpretation
The associated factors span psychological symptoms, substance use, experiences of violence and social support. Their statistical associations do not establish causes, and the abstract does not explain which other factors each underlying analysis accounted for.
The original publication
Prevalence of poor sleep quality and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta -analysis.
Bizu YS, Ayenew KD
BMC Public Health · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 41353142
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