The Relationship of School Start Times, Sleep Duration and Mental Health among a Representative Sample of High School Students in Colorado, 2019

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ID15515744
AutoresLucas M Neuroth (0000-0002-0097-6631, Nationwide Children's Hospital), Ming Ma (0000-0002-6658-8252, Colorado School of Public Health), Ashley Brooks-Russell (0000-0002-7728-8423, Colorado School of Public Health), Motao Zhu (0000-0001-5639-4801, Nationwide Children's Hospital, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen18
Número11
Páginas5708-5708
Fecha de publicación2021-05-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18115708
PMID34073415
OpenAlexW3165352437
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas31

This cross-sectional study utilized responses from 46,537 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 166 high schools across the state of Colorado via the 2019 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey to: (1) quantify the association between high school start times and student sleep duration and (2) investigate the associations between school start times and student mental health. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were used to investigate associations between school start times and self-reported demographic, sleep, and mental health factors. Survey-weighted multivariate regression modeling was used to investigate associations between school start times, sleep duration, and mental health. Schools with late start times (≥8:30 a.m.) saw 32.2% (95% Confidence Interval: 29.5-35.0) of students sleeping 8 h or more relative to 23.2% (22.0-24.4) in schools with very early start times (<8:00 a.m.). For every 15 min later school start time, students' sleep duration was 4.6 (3.4-5.9) min longer. Students attending schools with very early start times had 1.10 (0.95-1.27) times the odds of attempting suicide compared to those attending schools with later start times, while students at schools with early starts (8:00-8:29 a.m.) were associated with 1.11 (0.98-1.27) times the odds. Schools with later school start times had a statistically significantly higher proportion of students sleeping 8+ hours. Schools with start times before 8:30 a.m. had 10-11% higher odds of students attempting suicide compared to schools with late start times, though these differences were not statistically significant. Student mental health should continue to be investigated when assessing the potential impacts of delayed school start times

Bivariate analysis · Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Logistic regression · Mental health · Odds · Odds ratio · Psychiatry · Statistics · Demography · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance · Gerontology · Internal Medicine