Difficulties in getting to sleep, late bedtime and sleep duration among adolescents in Latvia

Abstract Background Sleep is important for adolescent general wellbeing and different sleep domains like difficulties in getting to sleep, bedtime resistance and sleep duration can be studied. This study investigates the prevalence of weekly difficulties in getting to sleep in association with bedti...

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Published in:European journal of public health 2020-09, Vol.30 (Supplement_5)
Main Authors: Klavina-Makrecka, S, Villerusa, A, Gobina, I, Pudule, I, Velika, B, Grinberga, D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Boys
Girls
Public health
Quantitative analysis
Regression analysis
Respondents
Sleep
Sleep deprivation
Statistical analysis
Teenagers
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Summary:Abstract Background Sleep is important for adolescent general wellbeing and different sleep domains like difficulties in getting to sleep, bedtime resistance and sleep duration can be studied. This study investigates the prevalence of weekly difficulties in getting to sleep in association with bedtime and sleep duration on schooldays and weekends among adolescents in Latvia. Methods Data from the HBSC Survey 2017/2018 of Latvia with 4412 respondents aged 11, 13 and 15 years were used for statistical analysis. Sleep duration less than 7h was classified as insufficient and bedtime at 0:00 or later as delayed bedtime. Age-adjusted logistic regression and adolescents without weekly difficulties in getting to sleep as a reference was used for studying the associations. Results On average, 43.6% of adolescents (38.0% boys and 49.1% girls) reported weekly difficulties in getting to sleep. Of those, 26.5% reported sleep duration
ISSN:1101-1262
1464-360X
DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.271