Publications by authors named "C P Karunanayake"
Insomnia is a common sleep complaint in Canada and is associated with increased use of health care services and economic burden. This paper examines the association of insomnia with functional outcomes relevant to daily behaviors and sleep-related quality of life among First Nations participants using the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ-10). The First Nations Sleep Health Project follow-up survey was conducted in partnership with two Cree First Nations in the summer of 2022, where 355 individuals participated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Research has shown that insomnia and chronic diseases can simultaneously impact overall health, including physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. This study aims to find the association between insomnia and the four domains of health based on an Indigenous Medicine Wheel and to find the role of multimorbidity as a mediator between this relation among First Nations people.
Methods: We used data (n = 588) from the First Nations Sleep Health Project, a collaboration between two Cree First Nations communities in Saskatchewan and a research team at the University of Saskatchewan.
Background: Rural-urban differences in health service use among persons with prevalent dementia are known. However, the extent of geographic differences in health service use over a long observation period, and prior to diagnosis, have not been sufficiently examined. The purpose of this study was to examine yearly rural-urban differences in the proportion of patients using health services, and the mean number of services, in the 5-year period before and 5-year period after a first diagnosis of dementia.
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- The study focuses on sleep quality in a First Nation in Saskatchewan, examining factors like age, sex, health status, and living conditions as they relate to sleep efficiency and sleep onset latency during 2018-2019.
- A total of 167 participants were evaluated through actigraphy, which objectively measured their sleep efficiency (mean of 83.38%) and sleep onset latency (mean of 20.74 minutes).
- Key findings indicate that physical health issues (like chronic pain and anxiety) and environmental factors (such as smoking indoors) negatively impact sleep quality and are significant among the study's predominantly female participants (61%) with a mean age of 39.6 years.