COVID-19 instructional approaches (in-person, online, hybrid), school start times, and sleep in over 5,000 U.S. adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To examine associations among instructional approaches, school start times, and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large, nationwide sample of U.S. adolescents.

Methods

Cross-sectional, anonymous self-report survey study of a community-dwelling sample of adolescents (grades 6-12), recruited through social media outlets in October/November 2020. Participants reported on instructional approach (in-person, online/synchronous, online/asynchronous) for each weekday (past week), school start times (in-person or online/synchronous days), and bedtimes (BT) and wake times (WT) for each identified school type and weekends/no school days. Sleep opportunity was calculated as BT-to-WT interval. Night-to-night sleep variability was calculated with mean square success

SUBMITTER: Meltzer LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8385997 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature