Sleep and school attendance in adolescence: Results from a large population-based study

Hysing, Mari; Haugland, Siren; Stormark, Kjell Morten; Bøe, Tormod; Sivertsen, Børge

doi:10.1177/1403494814556647

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“…School attendance is also important for academic success. One report found that short sleep duration was strongly associated with odds of school absences . Several studies included in this review found that earlier start times were also related to more frequent tardiness and more absences .…”

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School Start Times, Sleep, Behavioral, Health, and Academic Outcomes: A Review of the Literature

Wheaton

Chapman

Croft

2016

Journal of School Health

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BACKGROUND Insufficient sleep in adolescents has been shown to be associated with a wide variety of adverse outcomes, from poor mental and physical health to behavioral problems and lower academic grades. However, most high school students do not get sufficient sleep. Delaying school start times for adolescents has been proposed as a policy change to address insufficient sleep in this population and potentially to improve students’ academic performance, reduce engagement in risk behaviors, and improve health. METHODS This paper reviews 38 reports examining the association between school start times, sleep, and other outcomes among adolescent students. RESULTS Most studies reviewed provide evidence that delaying school start time increases weeknight sleep duration among adolescents, primarily by delaying rise times. Most of the studies saw a significant increase in sleep duration even with relatively small delays in start times of half an hour or so. Later start times also generally correspond to improved attendance, less tardiness, less falling asleep in class, better grades, and fewer motor vehicle crashes. CONCLUSIONS Although additional research is necessary, research results that are already available should be disseminated to stakeholders to enable the development of evidence-based school policies.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 75%

School Start Times, Sleep, Behavioral, Health, and Academic Outcomes: A Review of the Literature

Wheaton

Chapman

Croft

2016

Journal of School Health

232

177

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“…[14] Finally, the explained variance of the model is relatively small, and indicates that this is just one of many factors that are related to school absence. Other factors known to be associated with school absence such as for instance sleep problems [23] and alcohol and drug use [24] may also be of importance and were not addressed in the current study.…”

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Parental work absenteeism is associated with increased symptom complaints and school absence in adolescent children

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BackgroundPrevious studies have proposed that having parents out of work may influence adolescent illness behaviour and school attendance. However, prior research investigating this question has been limited by retrospective reporting and case control studies. In a large epidemiological study we investigated whether parental work absence was associated with symptom complaints and increased school absenteeism in adolescents.MethodsWe analysed data from a large epidemiological study of 10,243 Norwegian adolescents aged 16–19. Participants completed survey at school, which included demographic data, parental work absence and current health complaints. An official registry provided school attendance data.ResultsParental work absence was significantly related to the number of adolescent symptom complaints as well as school absenteeism. Having a father out of work was associated with an increased likelihood of being in the highest quartile of symptom reporting by an odds-ratio of 2.2 and mother by 1.6 (compared to the lowest quartile). Similarly, parental work absenteeism was associated with an increased likelihood of being in the highest quartile for school absence by an odds-ratio of 1.9 for a father being out of work and 1.5 for a mother out of work. We found that the number of adolescent symptom complaints mediated the relationship between parental work absenteeism and school absenteeism.ConclusionWe found that parental work absence was significantly associated with the number of adolescent symptom complaints and school absenteeism. The results suggest that parents may play a critical modelling role in the intergenerational transmission of illness and disability behaviour.

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“…DSP may also impact academic performance indirectly through tardiness or school non-attendance, and previous reports from the youth@hordaland study have indeed recently showed increased school absence in adolescents presenting with DSP or other sleep problems [8,11]. Finally, there may be other factors, such as socioeconomic status, lifestyle behaviors (smoking, alcohol use and overweight), mental health problems and daytime sleepiness, known to be related to both sleep timing disturbance [12] and school performance [13], that might account for some of the association.…”

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Academic performance in adolescents with delayed sleep phase

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Sleep and school attendance in adolescence: Results from a large population-based study

Cited by 84 publications

References 30 publications

School Start Times, Sleep, Behavioral, Health, and Academic Outcomes: A Review of the Literature

School Start Times, Sleep, Behavioral, Health, and Academic Outcomes: A Review of the Literature

Parental work absenteeism is associated with increased symptom complaints and school absence in adolescent children

Academic performance in adolescents with delayed sleep phase

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