The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Sleep Disorders Among Adolescent in Junior High School

Background: Anxiety is one of the most common psychological disorders among school-aged children and adolescents. The main objectives of the present study were to determine the prevalence of anxiety symptoms and sleep disturbance and their association with academic performance among female school students in Herat, Afghanistan. Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was carried out among 737 female students (mean age 11.8 years) in Grades 1 to 6 of public schools in Herat. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were to assess anxiety and sleep disturbance. Academic achievement ratings were provided by the participants’ schoolteachers Results: Based on the DASS-Y and PSQI, 65.5% reported anxiety symptoms while 46.4% reported sleep disturbance. Low academic performance (class grading) had statistically significant correlation with presence of anxiety (r = 0.228) and sleep disturbance or poor-quality sleep (r = 0.161). Multiple logistic regression analysis was run to see which variables predicted anxiety and sleep disturbance. The significant predictors of anxiety symptoms were being aged 13–16 years, having a lower-class performance or grade, having low economic status, and having unemployed parents. The significant predictors of sleep disturbance were being aged 13–16 years, having a lower-class grade, having an uneducated father, having low economic status, and having unemployed parents. Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of anxiety symptoms and sleep disturbance among female school students in Herat, Afghanistan. Both are associated with poorer school performance. Anxiety and sleep disturbance among Afghan female school students could be improved by changing current government policies and lifting the ban on female education in Afghanistan, campaigns on sleep education, and courses in time management.

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Caffeine Consumption in a Group of Adolescents from South East Poland—A Cross Sectional Study

Błaszczyk-Bębenek

Jagielski

Schlegel-Zawadzka³

2021

Nutrients

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Caffeine is the most common psychoactive substance available to adults, as well as to children and adolescents. The safety of its use in younger age groups requires further research. The aim of this study was to evaluate caffeine intake, to identify products and drinks that are the main sources of caffeine intake in the diet of the subjects and the risk of excessive caffeine intake with the diet of adolescents, stratified by gender. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 508 adolescents aged 16–18 years from southern Poland. Black tea, cola-based soft drinks and milk chocolate were the most frequently consumed products containing caffeine in the diet of the examined persons. The average caffeine intake was 95.54 mg/day (1.54 mg/kg b.w.). In 12.2% of the subjects the dose of 3 mg/kg b.w./day was exceeded, and in over 41.3% the dose causing sleep disorders was exceeded. The dose causing anxiety was also exceeded in 18.1% of the respondents, significantly more often in girls than boys (p = 0.0487).

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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Sleep Disorders Among Adolescent in Junior High School

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Anxiety symptoms, sleep disturbance, and academic achievement among Afghan female school students: A cross-sectional study

Anxiety symptoms, sleep disturbance, and academic achievement among Afghan female school students: A cross-sectional study

Anxiety symptoms and sleep disturbance among Afghan female school students: A survey study

Caffeine Consumption in a Group of Adolescents from South East Poland—A Cross Sectional Study

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