Abstract | BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to examine the link between adolescent sleep and non-attendance in school. METHODS: A large population-based study from Norway conducted in 2012, the youth@hordaland study, surveyed 8,347 adolescents aged 16-19 years (54% girls). Self-reported sleep measures included bedtime, rise time, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep onset latency ( SOL), wake after sleep onset (WASO), insomnia symptoms, tiredness, and sleepiness. School attendance was obtained from national administrative registries. RESULTS: Most sleep parameters were associated with increased risk of school non-attendance. After adjusting for gender and socioeconomic status, short sleep duration and sleep deficiency were the sleep measures with the highest odds of non-attendance (OR=4.61, CI 95% 3.29-6.46) and (OR=3.26, CI 95% 2.67-3.99), respectively). Also, large bedtime discrepancies in weekend versus weekdays were associated with non-attendance (OR=2.43, CI 95% 1.93-2.02), as well as insomnia (OR=2.25, CI % 1.89-2.67) and daytime tiredness (OR=2.09, CI 95% 1.70-2.57). The associations were somewhat reduced after additional adjustment for depression, but remained significant in the fully adjusted model. CONCLUSION: The demonstrated relationship between sleep problems and school absence suggests that careful assessment of sleep is warranted when adolescents present with extensive school absence future studies on how the sleep-school absence relationship in adolescence may impact later work affiliation in adulthood are needed.
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Authors | Mari Hysing, Siren Haugland, Kjell Morten Stormark, Tormod Bøe, Børge Sivertsen |
Journal | Scandinavian journal of public health
(Scand J Public Health)
Vol. 43
Issue 1
Pg. 2-9
(Feb 2015)
ISSN: 1651-1905 [Electronic] Sweden |
PMID | 25377051
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | © 2014 the Nordic Societies of Public Health. |
Topics |
- Absenteeism
- Adolescent
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Norway
- Risk Factors
- Schools
- Sleep
- Sleep Wake Disorders
- Young Adult
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