Daily fluctuations in adolescents' sleep predict next‐day attention, sleepiness, and fatigue
An ecological momentary assessment study over 28 days
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BACKGROUND: Current understanding of the associations between adolescents' daily sleep and daytime alertness and fatigue under naturalistically occurring restricted (school) and unrestricted (vacation) sleep opportunities is limited. METHODS: ± SD = 16.9 ± 0.87 years) completed daily measures of sleep, alertness, and fatigue over 28 days (2 weeks during school, and the subsequent 2-week vacation). Actigraphy and sleep diary total sleep time (TST) and sleep efficiency (SE) were measured. Participants self-reported sleepiness and fatigue every morning and afternoon, and completed a tablet-based, 3.2-min psychomotor vigilance task (PVT) every afternoon. Cross-lagged multilevel models tested daily TST and SE as predictors of next-day subjective sleepiness/fatigue and PVT performance. Between- (i.e., differences between individuals) and within-person associations (i.e., whether nights with higher-than-individual's-average TST/SE, predict next-day outcomes) were tested simultaneously. Covariates included previous-day outcome, day of the week, study day (1-28), school/vacation, chronotype, and sociodemographic variables. RESULTS: Within-persons, higher-than-average TST and SE (both actigraphy and diary) predicted better next-day PVT performance (all p ≤ .006), and lower subjective sleepiness and fatigue the following morning and afternoon (all p ≤ .032). Between-persons, adolescents with higher overall diary SE had lower morning subjective sleepiness (p < .001) and fewer PVT false starts in the afternoon (p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Nights with longer- and higher-than-average sleep efficiency (both actigraphy and diary) predicted better daytime alertness and fatigue, both when examined objectively via sustained attention and via self-report. These findings are relevant for understanding the significance of sleep for adolescents' day-to-day alertness levels and fatigue, particularly in the context of classroom learning and road safety
Actigraphy · Alertness · Chronotype · Cognition · Insomnia · Morning · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Psychomotor vigilance task · Sleep deprivation · Somnolence · Vigilance (psychology) · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mind wandering and attention · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
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