Sleep habits of students attending elementary schools, and junior and senior high schools in Akita prefecture

Takemura, Takaubu; Funaki, Kensaku; Kanbayashi, Takashi; Kawamoto, Kentaro; Tsutsui, Kou; Saitō, Yasushi; Aizawa, Rika; Inomata, Shoko; Shimizu, Tetsuo

doi:10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.01013.x

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“…In this study sleep was assessed by a 30‐item parent‐questionnaire (Sleep Behavior Questionnaire) developed by us, with well described psychometric properties 19 . Also in these age groups we found a later bedtime than those reported for children of the same age of different countries 4,9 , 20–23 and a shorter sleep duration compared to Swiss, 4 American, 9 Finnish, 20 Canadian, 21 and French 23 children. Only Japanese children, who also showed a similar late bedtime, reported shorter sleep time probably due also to an early wake‐up time 24 .…”

Section: School‐aged Children and Preadolescentsmentioning

confidence: 51%

Sleeping habits in Italian children and adolescents

Giannotti

Cortesi

Sebastiani

et al. 2005

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

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Sleep characteristics in children vary not only with age but also with ethnic and socio-cultural influences. Lifestyle issues as well as cultural beliefs and family values might influence sleep too. This review points out a high incidence of parental involvement at bedtime associated with longer sleep latency, a higher incidence of night wakings and a reduction of night-time sleep in preschoolers. We found also in school-aged children a high incidence of bedtime resistance, parental presence at bedtime, all-night cosleeping and TV use as a sleep aid in 30% of them. An irregular sleep schedule was found in 19% of adolescents; however, we found that Italian adolescents reported much better sleep hygiene than US teens. In Italy subjective, parental, and medical knowledge on sleep patterns in childhood and adolescence are limited and sometimes distorted. The results of our studies were more or less in line with those reported by studies carried out in other countries. However, some interesting differences in sleeping habits, probably culturally determined, were reported too. To better understand such differences in the future it would be desiderable to plan international sleep studies which embrace many cultures and languages, conducted in the same period with identical measures and administration procedures. These studies for their cross-national nature might provide the added opportunity to adopt common strategies for prevention of sleep problems in children and adolescents in different cultures.

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Section: School‐aged Children and Preadolescentsmentioning

confidence: 51%

Sleeping habits in Italian children and adolescents

Giannotti

Cortesi

Sebastiani

et al. 2005

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

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“…Explanations could either be related to unorganized sleeping habits or to extra activity during the weekend. The total sleep time during weekends may be higher [43, 44], but the usual bedtime at weekends among elementary school children is reported to be 1 h 12 m later than weekday bedtimes [43]. As a result, we believe that children may be sleep deprived on the first day of the week, but since we have neither weekend activity nor sleep data to support this hypothesis, further research in this area is needed.…”

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School-time physical activity among Arab elementary school children in Qatar

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BackgroundRecent data from a self-administered questionnaire show that approximately 75% of school children in Qatar do not meet the daily recommended levels of physical activity (PA). Since children spend half of their waking hours in school, it is important to understand when and how much PA children accumulate during the school day. This study aimed to objectively assess school-time PA among elementary school children in Qatar and to determine association of PA with age, gender, body mass index (BMI) status, or day of the week.MethodsA cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted in four randomly selected elementary schools in Qatar. Two classes representing grade 1 children (age 5) and grade 4 children (age 9) were randomly selected within each school. A total of 183 elementary school children (86 boys and 97 girls) ages 6–12 years participated in this study. PA was assessed using a three-axial accelerometer (ActiGraph® wGT3X-BT). Participants wore accelerometers on their non-dominant wrist at school (7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) for five consecutive school days during the week. A cutoff points of 818 counts per 5 s was classified as moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).ResultsThe average duration of MVPA in our study was 28.2 ± 13.5 min per day. Only 39% of participated children reach the recommended school-based MVPA of 30 min or more per day. Students spent on average 58.1 ± 8.4% of school time on sedentary activities. MVPA of boys and girls was similar in age 5 while girls age 9 were less active (23.7 ± 1.5 min/day) than boys of the same age (42.7 ± 1.8 min/day), ES = 0.269, P < 0.001. Neither overweight children nor children at risk for being overweight showed any differences in physical activity parameters when compared to children of normal weight. Our results showed, percentage of MVPA on the first (7.7 ± 5.1%) and last (7.1 ± 4.1%) day of the week was generally lower compared to other weekdays (P < 0.001).ConclusionThis was the first study to objectively assess PA during school hours among elementary school-children in Qatar. This study found that many of school children do not perform sufficient time being physically active at school. All students in two age categories (age 5 and age 9) spend the majority of school time engaged in sedentary activities. The low participation of girls age 9 in MVPA is a cause for concern and need to be addressed.

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“…A cross-sectional survey by Brand and colleagues (2005) in Switzerland and a longitudinal investigation by Strauch and Meier (1988) in Germany yielded similar results. Although there were some cultural differences in the area of sleep hygiene practices, school starting times and students' work loads the general trend remained the same (Tynjala et al 1993;Ohayon et al 2000;Takemura et al 2002;Gau et al 2004;LeBourgeois et al 2004;Gaina et al 2005;Lazaratou et al 2005;Liu et al 2005;Chen et al 2006).…”

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Are adolescents chronically sleep‐deprived? An investigation of sleep habits of adolescents in the Southwest of Germany

Loessl

Valerius

Kopasz

et al. 2008

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The main hypothesis that students sleep on average considerably less than the recommended 9 h during weekdays was confirmed. Bedtimes changed throughout the week with the latest on Friday and Saturday nights and the least sleep around midweek. There were no significant group differences regarding school type and environment (rural vs. urban). Interestingly, the majority reported only little daytime sleepiness and no impaired performance. Results regarding the consequences of chronic sleep deprivation in the literature are inconclusive. The impact on physiological parameters, especially metabolic functions, requires further investigations.

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Sleep habits of students attending elementary schools, and junior and senior high schools in Akita prefecture

Cited by 21 publications

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Sleeping habits in Italian children and adolescents

Sleeping habits in Italian children and adolescents

School-time physical activity among Arab elementary school children in Qatar

Are adolescents chronically sleep‐deprived? An investigation of sleep habits of adolescents in the Southwest of Germany

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