TY - JOUR
T1 - Two-year changes in sleep duration are associated with changes in psychological distress in adolescent girls and boys
T2 - the fit futures study
AU - Linkas, Jonas
AU - Ahmed, Luai Awad
AU - Csifcsak, Gabor
AU - Emaus, Nina
AU - Furberg, Anne Sofie
AU - Pettersen, Gunn
AU - Rognmo, Kamilla
AU - Christoffersen, Tore
N1 - Funding Information:
The research project is financed through Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The authors are grateful to the study participants, the Centre for Clinical Research and Education, The University Hospital of North Norway, and the Fit Futures and the Tromsø Study administration. N.E., A.S.F, and L.A.A. contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by J.L., T.C., L.A.A, and G.C. The first draft of the manuscript was written by J.L. and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Objective: Studies indicate an inverse association between sleep duration and psychological distress. We aimed to explore associations between changes in sleep duration and changes in psychological distress in girls and boys. Methods: The Fit Futures Study is a broad adolescent study providing data from 373 girls and 294 boys aged 15–18 years collected in 2010/2011 (FF1) and 2012/2013 (FF2). Psychological distress was measured by the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-10) and sleep duration was self-reported. Change score variables were calculated as the change between baseline and follow-up for sleep duration and HSCL-10, respectively. Associations between changes in sleep duration and changes in HSCL-10 were explored by linear regressions, in gender-stratified analyses. Results: At FF1, girls and boys slept on average 6.93 (SD = 1.08) and 7.05 (SD = 1.20) hours per night respectively, and correspondingly, 6.83 (SD = 1.19) and 6.85 (SD = 1.21) at FF2. At FF1, 22.8% of the girls and 25.8% of the boys slept ≤ 6 h per night, and correspondingly 28.0% and 28.2% at FF2. In girls and boys, one unit increase (30 min) in sleep duration was associated with a decrease in HSCL-10 score of B [95% CI] = −0.090 [−0.131, −0.048], p < 0.001, and −0.054 [−0.091, −0.017], p < 0.001, respectively. The associations remained significant after adjusting for confounders. Conclusion: Our findings show that increased sleep duration was associated with decreased psychological distress during adolescence. Future studies should examine the causality between sleep duration and psychological distress.
AB - Objective: Studies indicate an inverse association between sleep duration and psychological distress. We aimed to explore associations between changes in sleep duration and changes in psychological distress in girls and boys. Methods: The Fit Futures Study is a broad adolescent study providing data from 373 girls and 294 boys aged 15–18 years collected in 2010/2011 (FF1) and 2012/2013 (FF2). Psychological distress was measured by the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-10) and sleep duration was self-reported. Change score variables were calculated as the change between baseline and follow-up for sleep duration and HSCL-10, respectively. Associations between changes in sleep duration and changes in HSCL-10 were explored by linear regressions, in gender-stratified analyses. Results: At FF1, girls and boys slept on average 6.93 (SD = 1.08) and 7.05 (SD = 1.20) hours per night respectively, and correspondingly, 6.83 (SD = 1.19) and 6.85 (SD = 1.21) at FF2. At FF1, 22.8% of the girls and 25.8% of the boys slept ≤ 6 h per night, and correspondingly 28.0% and 28.2% at FF2. In girls and boys, one unit increase (30 min) in sleep duration was associated with a decrease in HSCL-10 score of B [95% CI] = −0.090 [−0.131, −0.048], p < 0.001, and −0.054 [−0.091, −0.017], p < 0.001, respectively. The associations remained significant after adjusting for confounders. Conclusion: Our findings show that increased sleep duration was associated with decreased psychological distress during adolescence. Future studies should examine the causality between sleep duration and psychological distress.
KW - Psychological distress
KW - adolescence
KW - anxiety symptoms
KW - depressive symptoms
KW - sleep duration
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U2 - 10.1080/21642850.2022.2147936
DO - 10.1080/21642850.2022.2147936
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85142215123
SN - 2164-2850
VL - 10
SP - 1159
EP - 1175
JO - Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
JF - Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
IS - 1
ER -