Sufficient sleep and its contributing factors among high school students during the Covid-19 pandemic

Results from adolescent behaviors and experiences survey

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ID22085753
AuthorsZhengyang Chen (0000-0003-1293-8146, Shenyang Fifth People Hospital), Ruili Li (0000-0001-9036-9976, Capital Institute of Pediatrics), Yuexi Liu (0000-0001-9730-880X, Dalian Medical University), Qiguo Lian (0000-0001-8307-0116, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume12
Pages1408746-1408746
Publication date2024-08-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2024.1408746
PMID39220458
OpenAlexW4401652283
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited36

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound changes in adolescent lives, including school closures, social isolation, family economic hardship, and sleep schedule. We aimed to assess the risk and protective factors of sufficient sleep among adolescents during COVID-19. Methods: = 7,705). The ABES collected information on health-related experiences and behaviors during COVID-19. The outcome was sufficient sleep (eight and more hours of sleep on the average school night). The contributing factors included demographic, mental health, and adverse experiences indicators. We estimated the prevalence of sufficient sleep within each factor, and examined their associations using Chi-square test. We further investigated the contributing factors of sufficient sleep using multivariate logistic regression and reported the adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: During January-June 2021, 23.5% of the U.S. high school students reported getting sufficient sleep. The multivariate logistic regression indicated that younger age (AOR, 2.04; 95%CI, 1.59-2.62), heterosexual identity (AOR, 1.61; 95%CI, 1.19-2.18), no poor mental health during the past 30 days (AOR, 1.37; 95%CI, 1.03-1.82), no persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness (AOR, 1.34; 95%CI, 1.09-1.66), no food and nutrition insecurity (AOR, 1.47; 95%CI, 1.17-1.85), never been abused by a parent emotionally (AOR, 1.38; 95%CI, 1.16-1.64), and no schoolwork difficulty (AOR, 1.24; 95%CI, 1.01-1.51) were associated with sufficient sleep. Conclusion: We estimated the national prevalence of adolescent sufficient sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic and found that younger students, sexual heterosexual students, and students without certain mental health conditions or adverse experiences are at higher likelihood of sufficient sleep. These findings can help develop effective interventions on sleep duration in the response to a possible future pandemic caused by Disease X

Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Disease · Feeling · Logistic regression · Mental health · Odds ratio · Pandemic · Protective factor · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Social Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance · Internal Medicine

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