aliaa Ismail

aliaa Ismail


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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EYEunhwa Yang
Eunhwa Yang
AIaliaa Ismail
aliaa Ismail
YKYujin Kim
Yujin Kim
EEEce Erdogmus
Ece Erdogmus
JBJulie Blaskewicz Boron
Julie Blaskewicz Boron
CZCraig Zimring
Craig Zimring
The timing, amount, and quality of sleep are critical for an individual’s health and quality of life. This paper provides a focused narrative review of the existing literature around multidimensional environments and sleep health for aging adults. Five electronic databases, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed/Medline; EBSCOhost, PsycINFO (ProQuest), and Google Scholar yielded 54,502 total records. After removing duplicates, non-peer reviewed academic articles, and nonrelevant articles, 70 were included for review. We were able to categorize environmental factors into housing security, home environment, and neighborhood environment, and, within each environmental category, specific elements/aspects are discussed. This paper provides a comprehensive map connecting identified levels of influence (individual, home/house, and neighborhood-level) in which subfactors are listed under each level of influence/category with the related literature list. Our review highlights that multidimensional environmental factors can affect aging adults’ sleep health and eventually their physical, mental, and cognitive health and that sleep disparities exist in racial minorities in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in which cumulative environmental stressors coexist. Based on this focused narrative review on the multidimensional sleep environments for aging adults, knowledge gaps are identified, and future research directions are suggested.

1 December 2023 in Journal of Architectural Engineering
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AIaliaa Ismail
aliaa Ismail
EEEce Erdogmus
Ece Erdogmus
EYEunhwa Yang
Eunhwa Yang
RPRick Porter
Rick Porter
JBJulie Blaskewicz Boron
Julie Blaskewicz Boron
CZCraig Zimring
Craig Zimring