Alcohol Consumption as a Moderator of Anxiety and Sleep Quality.
Ke-Hsin Chueh, Christian Guilleminault, Chia-Mo Lin
PMID 31107773WHAT IT FOUND
Daily alcohol consumption changed how anxiety related to sleep quality.
Participants with minimal or mild anxiety who drank daily tended to report better sleep quality. Those with moderate or severe anxiety who drank daily tended to report worse sleep quality.
Key findings
01Daily alcohol consumption moderated the relationship between anxiety and sleep quality among participants reporting poor sleep.
02Participants with minimal or mild anxiety who consumed alcohol daily tended to have better sleep quality.
03Participants with moderate or severe anxiety who consumed alcohol daily tended to have worse sleep quality.
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What it does not show
Only 7.1% of the participants reported daily alcohol consumption, which limits the generalizability of the findings to the wider population. The study relied on self-reported data for sleep quality and anxiety, which are subjective experiences. The study did not collect detailed information on the pattern or time of day of alcohol consumption, only whether it was daily. The cross-sectional design prevents establishing causality between alcohol consumption, anxiety, and sleep quality.
Declared interests
The author declares no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not recommend alcohol as a sleep aid for any patient. The finding that daily alcohol was associated with better sleep quality applies only to those with minimal or mild anxiety, and even then, it is an association from a survey, not proof of benefit. For patients with moderate or severe anxiety, daily alcohol use was associated with worse sleep quality.