Effects of sleep duration on neurocognitive development in early adolescents in the USA: a propensity score matched, longitudinal, observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the American Academy of Sleep Medicine suggests at least 9 h of sleep per day for 6-12-year-olds, children in recent generations often report sleeping less than this amount. Because early adolescence is a crucial period for neurocognitive development, we aimed to investigate how insufficient sleep affects children's mental health, cognition, brain function, and brain structure over 2 years.

Methods

In this propensity score matched, longitudinal, observational cohort study, we obtained data from a population-based sample of 9-10-year-olds from 21 US study sites in the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. Participants were categorised as having sufficient sleep or insufficient sleep on the basis of a cutoff of 9 h sleep per day. Usin

SUBMITTER: Yang FN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9482948 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature