Martica H Hall

Biographic Data

ID190471
NAMEMartica H Hall
GIVEN NAMESMartica H
FAMILY NAMEHall
SIGNATUREHALL M H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Pittsburgh
ORCID0000-0003-0642-2098
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS32
TOTAL CITATIONS50
AUTHOR COUNT32
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Behavioral-Social Rhythms and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Retired Night Shift Workers and Retired Day Workers

    Eunjin L Tracy, Brian N Chin et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2024

    OBJECTIVE: Stability in the timing of key daily routine behaviors such as working/doing housework, sleeping, eating, and engaging in social interactions (i.e., behavioral-social rhythms) contributes to health. This study examined whether behavioral-social rhythms were associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in retired night shift workers and retired day workers and explored whether past night shift work exposure moderated this a…

  • Ecologically Assessed Sleep Duration and Arterial Stiffness in Healthy Men and Women

    Allison E Gaffey, Kristie M Walenczyk et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2024

    OBJECTIVE: Among younger adults, to determine the associations of actigraph- and self-reported sleep duration with arterial stiffness (AS) assessed in clinic and in ecologically valid contexts, and to examine sex-specific associations. METHODS: Healthy adults ( n = 282, median age = 29 years, 67% women) completed a state-of-the-art assessment of AS at rest (SphygmoCor; carotid femoral pulse wave velocity [cfPWV]; central augmentation index [cAIx]…

  • Pediatric Sleep Disturbances and Symptoms of Depression in Older Adults

    Open AccessSarah T Stahl, Salvatore P Insana et al.ARTICLEThe International Journal of…2022

    We investigated the association between retrospectively reported sleep disturbances during childhood and adolescence and current symptoms of depression and anxiety in older adults. Participants included 116 older adults ( M age = 68 years [ SD = 6.4 years]) who completed a battery of sleep and psychological assessments. We tested two multivariate regression models using age, sex, race, physical illness burden, insomnia status, and pediatric sleep…

  • Sleep and Daily Social Experiences as Potential Mechanisms Linking Social Integration to Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping

    Brian N Chin, Mouhamed Abdulla et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2022

    This was the first study to investigate sleep and social mechanisms underlying the link between social integration and nocturnal BP dipping. Because sleep regularity is modifiable, this pathway represents a potential intervention target to promote nocturnal BP dipping

  • Blood Pressure Cuff Inflation Briefly Increases Female Adolescents’ Restlessness During Sleep on the First But Not Second Night of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

    H Matthew Lehrer, Gehui Zhang et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2022

    OBJECTIVE: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) increases restlessness during adults' sleep in laboratory settings, but there is little evidence of an association among adolescents or in naturalistic environments. This study examined activity levels before and after blood pressure cuff inflation during sleep to determine whether and for how long ABPM increased restlessness during sleep in healthy adolescents. METHODS: Two hundred thirty-fo…

  • Age Trends in Actigraphy and Self-Report Sleep Across the Life Span: Findings From the Pittsburgh Lifespan Sleep Databank

    Meredith L Wallace, Nicholas Kissel et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2022

    OBJECTIVE: Sleep changes over the human life span, and it does so across multiple dimensions. We used individual-level cross-sectional data to characterize age trends and sex differences in actigraphy and self-report sleep dimensions across the healthy human life span. METHODS: The Pittsburgh Lifespan Sleep Databank consists of harmonized participant-level data from sleep-related studies conducted at the University of Pittsburgh (2003-2019). We i…

  • Do gender, anxiety, or sleep quality predict mindfulness-based stress reduction outcomes

    Open AccessMaud Morrow Brown, Megan M Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2021References: 25

    Although mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can improve health and well-being, less is known about factors that predict outcomes. This prospective observational study examined gender and baseline anxiety and sleep quality as predictors of change in emotion regulation and stress symptoms following an 8-week MBSR program. Women and men reported similar improvement in stress symptoms and cognitive reappraisal, whereas men improved more in emo…

  • Resting-State Function Connectivity Associated With Being a “Morning-Type” Dementia Caregiver and Having Lower Depression Symptom Severity

    Open AccessStephen F Smagula, Helmet T Karim et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2020Cited by: 1References: 2

    Prior research shows that amygdala-posterior cingulate connectivity increases when allocating attention to peripheral aspects of negative emotional stimuli. As such, difficulty with morning activation may relate to the ongoing direction of focus around distressing content; in contrast, morning activity participation may serve to limit focus on distress. Replication and experimental studies are required to confirm these associations and their modi…

  • The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Poor Sleep Health in Adulthood

    Ryan C Brindle, Matthew R Cribbet et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2018

    OBJECTIVE: Childhood trauma has been related to adverse behavioral, mental, and health outcomes later in life. Sleep may be a potential mechanism through which childhood trauma is related to adverse health. The current retrospective study aimed to characterize the relationship between childhood trauma exposure and sleep health, a novel multidimensional measure of sleep. METHODS: Participants (N = 161; mean [standard deviation] age = 59.85 [9.06] …

  • Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: The Buffering Role of Slow-Wave Sleep

    Ryan C Brindle, Katherine A Duggan et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2018

    OBJECTIVE: Exaggerated cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress has been associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). However, interstudy variability in this relationship suggests the presence of moderating factors. The current study aimed to test the hypothesis that poor nocturnal sleep, defined as short total sleep time or low slow-wave sleep, would moderate the relationship between cardiovascular reactivity an…

  • The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence

    Open AccessLeah A Irish, Leah Irish et al.ARTICLESleep Medicine Reviews2015

  • Avoidant Coping and Poor Sleep Efficiency in Dementia Caregivers

    Briana J Taylor, Leah A Irish et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2015

    OBJECTIVES: Caring for a spouse with dementia is a source of chronic stress and is associated with a heightened prevalence of self-reported sleep problems. Styles and strategies for coping with stress have been associated with objective measures of sleep in non-caregiver populations. The current study evaluated relationships between caregiver coping style and sleep disturbance using in-home polysomnography. METHODS: Sixty spousal caregivers (mean…

  • Validation of Biomarkers of CVD Risk from Dried Blood Spots in Community-Based Research: Methodologies and Study-Specific Serum Equivalencies

    Laura B Samuelsson, Martica H Hall et al.ARTICLEBiodemography and Social Biology2015Cited by: 4References: 19

    Dried blood spot (DBS) methodology offers significant advantages over venipuncture in studies of vulnerable populations or large-scale studies, including reduced participant burden and higher response rates. Uncertainty about the validity of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk biomarkers remains a barrier to wide-scale use. We determined the validity of DBS-derived biomarkers of CVD risk versus gold-standard assessments, and study-specific, serum-e…

  • The Impact of Sleep Complaints on Physical Health and Immune Outcomes in Rescue Workers: A 1-Year Prospective Study

    Leah A Irish, Leah Irish et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2013

    OBJECTIVE: The present study evaluated the extent to which sleep assessed soon after a trauma predicted subsequent physical health and immune functioning in rescue workers. METHODS: Participants included 159 men and women who performed rescue and clean-up operations at the site of a major airplane crash. One hundred twenty-eight participants were retained for a 1-year follow-up. Self-report measures of sleep quality and psychological distress wer…

  • Racial Differences in Heart Rate Variability During Sleep in Women: The Study of Women Across the Nation Sleep Study

    Martica H Hall, Kellie Middleton et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2013

    BACKGROUND: Heart rate variability (HRV) differs markedly by race, yet few studies have evaluated these relationships in women, and none have done so during sleep (sHRV). METHODS: We addressed these gaps by examining sHRV in women of African American, Chinese American, or European American origin or descent (mean [standard deviation] age = 51.2 [2.2] years). RESULTS: HRV during Stage 2 non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM) sl…

  • Elevated C-Reactive Protein in Adolescents: Roles of Stress and Coping

    Carissa A Low, Karen A Matthews et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2013

    OBJECTIVE: Psychological stress can up-regulate inflammatory processes and increase disease risk. In the context of stress, differences in how individuals cope might have implications for health. The goal of this study was to evaluate associations among stress, coping, and inflammation in a sample of African American and white adolescents. METHODS: Adolescents (n = 245) completed self-report measures of stressful life events and coping, provided …

  • Chronic exposure to everyday discrimination and sleep in a multiethnic sample of middle-aged women

    Todd T Lewis, Tené T Lewis et al.ARTICLEHealth Psychology2012Cited by: 44References: 18

    Experiences of chronic everyday discrimination are independently associated with both subjective and objective indices of poor sleep. Findings add to the growing literature linking discrimination to key markers of biobehavioral health

  • Sleep Variability, Health-Related Practices, and Inflammatory Markers in a Community Dwelling Sample of Older Adults

    Michele L Okun, Charles F Reynolds et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011

    OBJECTIVE: To explore relationships between wake- and sleep-related health behaviors and circulating concentrations of inflammatory markers (interleukin [IL]-6 and tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-α) in a cohort of community dwelling older adults. Low-grade chronic inflammation is an important risk factor for age-related morbidity. Health behaviors, including average aggregate measures of sleep, have been linked to increased inflammation in older adul…

  • Cardiovascular Reactivity to Acute Psychological Stress Following Sleep Deprivation

    Peter L Franzen, Peter J Gianaros et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011

    OBJECTIVE: Psychological stress and sleep disturbances are highly prevalent and are both implicated in the etiology of cardiovascular diseases. Given the common co-occurrence of psychological distress and sleep disturbances including short sleep duration, this study examined the combined effects of these two factors on blood pressure reactivity to immediate mental challenge tasks after well-rested and sleep-deprived experimental conditions. METHO…

  • Protecting Sleep, Promoting Health in Later Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Charles F Reynolds, Linda Serody et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2010

    OBJECTIVES: To determine in healthy people aged > or = 75 years 1) if restricting time in bed and education in health sleep practices are superior to an attention-only control condition (i.e., education in healthy dietary practices) for maintaining or enhancing sleep continuity and depth over 2.5 years; and 2) if maintenance or enhancement of sleep continuity and depth promotes the maintenance or enhancement of health-related quality of life. MET…

  • Influence of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Sleep: Pittsburgh SleepSCORE Project

    Elizabeth Mezick, Elizabeth J Mezick et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2008

    Objective: To examine the independent and interactive effects of race and socioeconomic status (SES) on objective indices and self-reports of sleep. Methods: The sleep of 187 adults (41% black; mean age = 59.5 ± 7.2 years) was examined. Nine nights of actigraphy and two nights of inhome polysomnography (PSG) were used to assess average sleep duration, continuity, and architecture; self-report was used to assess sleep quality. Psychosocial factors…

  • Marital quality and the marital bed: Examining the covariation between relationship quality and sleep

    Open AccessWendy M Troxel, Theodore F Robles et al.ARTICLESleep Medicine Reviews2007

  • Attachment Anxiety, Relationship Context, and Sleep in Women With Recurrent Major Depression

    Wendy M Troxel, Jill M Cyranowski et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2007

    Objective: To examine the relationship between attachment anxiety, marital status, bed-partner status, and sleep in recurrently depressed women. Methods: The current study measured polysomnography (PSG) and subjective sleep quality in 107 women with recurrent major depression. Women were categorized as high or low in attachment anxiety based on Bartholomew and Horowitz’s Relationship Questionnaire (1991). Results: There were no significant main o…

  • Acute Stress Affects Heart Rate Variability During Sleep

    Martica H Hall, Martica Hall et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2004

    OBJECTIVE: Although stress can elicit profound and lasting effects on sleep, the pathways whereby stress affects sleep are not well understood. In this study, we used autoregressive spectral analysis of the electrocardiogram (EKG) interbeat interval sequence to characterize stress-related changes in heart rate variability during sleep in 59 healthy men and women. METHODS: Participants (N = 59) were randomly assigned to a control or stress conditi…

  • Disordered Sleep, Nocturnal Cytokines, and Immunity in Alcoholics

    Laura Redwine, Jeff Dang et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2003

    OBJECTIVE: Alcoholics who are at risk for infectious disease show profound disturbances of sleep along with decrements of cellular immunity. This study examined the relationships between sleep, nocturnal expression of immunoregulatory cytokines, and natural killer (NK) cell activity in alcoholic patients as compared with control subjects. METHODS: Alcoholic patients (N = 24) and comparison control subjects (N = 23) underwent all-night polysomnogr…