Sleep in a large, multi-university sample of college students: sleep problem prevalence, sex differences, and mental health correlates

Becker, Stephen P.; Jarrett, Matthew A.; Luebbe, Aaron M.; Garner, Annie A.; Burns, G. Leonard; Kofler, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.sleh.2018.01.001

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“…This area of research is particularly important, given the growing prevalence of e‐cigarette use and potential co‐occurrence with sleep difficulties within this population. Across all groups, the mean global sleep score was well above 5, suggesting generally poor sleep, consistent with prior research documenting clinically significant sleep problems in college student populations (Becker et al., ). Global sleep health differed between never users, non‐daily users and daily e‐cigarette users, such that non‐daily and daily users of e‐cigarettes reported significantly worse sleep health than never users.…”

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Electronic cigarette use and sleep health in young adults

Brett

Miller

Leavens

et al. 2019

Journal of Sleep Research

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Poor sleep health is associated with numerous health concerns, and sleep problems are exacerbated by cigarette smoking. Although rates of traditional tobacco use are declining, rates of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use are comparatively high and growing. Given that nicotine is a primary mechanism by which smoking negatively impacts sleep health, e-cigarette use may also be linked to poor sleep health; however, no research has investigated this association. Participants were 1,664 college students, 40.9% of whom reported ever trying or currently using an e-cigarette. Questionnaires assessed demographic information, sleep health and e-cigarette use status and patterns. All measures were completed remotely via a secure online survey. Analysis of covariance was used to compare the sleep health of daily/non-daily e-cigarette users to (a) non-users and (b) users of combustible cigarettes. Gender and drinks per week were included as covariates in analyses. Current combustible and e-cigarette users reported significantly more sleep difficulties than never users.Users of e-cigarettes reported greater use of sleep medication than combustible cigarette users. Similar to combustible cigarette smoking, e-cigarette use (vs. nonuse) was associated with worse sleep health, even among non-daily e-cigarette users.These findings may indicate a need for assessment of and education on the role of e-cigarette use in sleep health among individuals who report experimentation with or current use of e-cigarettes. Future research should examine these relationships prospectively. K E Y W O R D Scollege students, ENDS, insomnia, nicotine, sleep quality

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“…This measure also assessed past‐month experience of sleeping problems, such as difficulties sleeping due to pain, difficulty breathing and night‐time awakenings. The PSQI has demonstrated reliability across a 4‐week time period and has been frequently used within college student samples (Becker et al., ; Lund et al., ).…”

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Electronic cigarette use and sleep health in young adults

Brett

Miller

Leavens

et al. 2019

Journal of Sleep Research

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“…Despite the importance of adolescent sleep, sleep disturbance was present in more than half of the study participants. Furthermore, the increase in sleep disturbance among the young was similar to recent studies using the PSQI [47,48], suggesting that this is not limited to this study area. In this study, sleep disturbance was more frequent in boys who participated in school sports (or clubs), skipped meals overall, and had depressive moods (mental health).…”

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Relationship between Internet addiction and sleep disturbance in high school students: a cross-sectional study

Tokiya

Itani

Otsuka

et al. 2020

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Background: Worldwide, the increase in the number of Internet users has increased Internet dependence. In adolescents, this dependence interferes with sleep, which is important for the development of psychophysiological capabilities. However, few large-scale surveys have descriptively examined the relationship between Internet addiction (IA) and sleep disturbance using standardized questionnaires. We conducted this study to determine the relationship between sleep disturbance in adolescents and IA based on the categories of the Young Diagnostic Questionnaire (YDQ) through a complete survey of one prefecture in Japan.Methods: In 2016, a self-report questionnaire was used to survey high school students (n=10,405, age range: 15-16 years) in all 54 day-boarding high schools in the selected prefecture. We defined "sleep disturbance" by scores greater than 5.5 points on the Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. IA was evaluated using the YDQ: "IA," when 5 of the 8 YDQ items were present; "at-risk," when either 3 or 4 YDQ items were reported; and "non-IA," when less than 2 YDQ items were positive.Multiple logistic regression analysis was undertaken with sleep disturbance as the dependent variable, IA as the explanatory variable, and adjustments for 8 items.Results: High YDQ scores were associated with high prevalence rates of sleep disturbance in both male and female participants. These findings persisted after controlling for other factors in the multiple regression model. Conclusions: Among Japanese adolescents, there exists a significant independent relationship between IA and sleep disturbances.

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“…Girls are more sensitive and must pay more attention to the psychological activities of girls. Visits to students from rural areas allow students to adapt to college new life as soon as possible, and reduce the negative emotions brought about by various pressures [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22].…”

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“…Students report lack of sleep, difficulty sleeping or difficulty sleeping [2]. Studies have shown that sleep problems are common among college students [3][4][5] among them; about 20% of college students have sleep problems [6]. Despite this, many studies only examined total sleep rather than specific sleep components, highlighting the significance of further analysis of college students' sleep problems [7][8][9][10][11].…”

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Study on the Current Situation of College Students' Sleep Quality in China

Ji¹,

Wang²

2018

J Sleep Disord Ther

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In order to understand the current status of sleep quality of students in Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and to propose countermeasures. A simple random sampling method was used to select 255 university students as the survey subjects, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scale was used as a tool to evaluate the quality of college students' sleep. The survey found that the average score of PSQI was about 7.6 points. There were 128 people above 7 points, which accounted for 50.2% of the total number of students. This indicated that the overall quality of sleep of the undergraduates was poorer; the quality of sleep for boys was better than that of girls, and the quality of sleep among rural college students was better than that of girls. Urban college students, seniors and undergraduates have worse sleep than sophomores and juniors. The sleep quality of students in Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is generally poor, and it is necessary to implement measures that target different populations for different demographic differences to achieve proper treatment and improve sleep quality.

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Sleep in a large, multi-university sample of college students: sleep problem prevalence, sex differences, and mental health correlates

Abstract: This study documents a high prevalence of poor sleep among college students, some sex differences, and distinct patterns of mental health symptoms in relation to sleep problems.

Cited by 398 publications

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Electronic cigarette use and sleep health in young adults

Electronic cigarette use and sleep health in young adults

Relationship between Internet addiction and sleep disturbance in high school students: a cross-sectional study

Study on the Current Situation of College Students' Sleep Quality in China

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