Gender differences in the impact of sleep duration on common mental disorders in school students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Common mental disorders (CMD) in children and adolescents can be initial and non-specific manifestations of more serious mental diseases and often persist into adulthood. Therefore, early detection is important, as is the identification of the factors that impact development. Insufficient sleep represents one of the most common and potentially remediable risks to mental health in children and adolescents for whom chronic sleep loss has become normal. This study aims to investigate the influence of sleep duration on CMD in schoolchildren and adolescents.

Methods

The data for this longitudinal study were derived from the community trial Parents, Students, Community Health Agents and Teachers for Healthy Eating (PAAPAS) in 2016 (N = 2743), with fifth and sixth grader

SUBMITTER: Agathao BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6995133 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature