Assessing changes in sleep across four weeks among adolescents randomized to incentivized cannabis abstinence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Withdrawal from cannabis use is associated with sleep disturbances, often leading to resumption of use. Less is known about the impact of abstinence on sleep in adolescence, a developmental window associated with high rates of sleep disturbance. This study investigated effects of sustained abstinence on self-reported sleep quality and disturbance in adolescents reporting frequent cannabis use.

Methods

Non-treatment seeking adolescents, recruited from school screening surveys and the community, with frequent cannabis use (M_Age=17.8, SD_Age=1.7, 47% female, 45% non-white) were randomized to four weeks of biochemically-verified abstinence, motivated via contingency management (CB-Abst, n=53), or monitoring without an abstinence requirement (CB-Mo

SUBMITTER: Baumer AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10691527 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature