Sleep habits, excessive daytime sleepiness and school performance in high school students

A questionnaire survey was carried out to examine the sleep habits and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) of 3871 high school students with a mean age of 16.8 years in Korea. The results showed that mean total sleep time was 6.3 h/day for male students and 6.5 h/day for female students, which may be...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2003-08, Vol.57 (4), p.451-453
Hauptverfasser:	Shin, Chol, Kim, Jinkwan, Lee, Sangduck, Ahn, Yongkyu, Joo, Soonjae
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic achievement Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Data Collection Day time Educational psychology excessive daytime sleepiness Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Habits High schools Humans Korea Male Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Pupil and student. Academic achievement and failure Schools senior high school students Sleep - physiology sleep habits Sleep problems Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology Sleep Wake Disorders - psychology Sleepiness Students Surveys Surveys and Questionnaires Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	A questionnaire survey was carried out to examine the sleep habits and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) of 3871 high school students with a mean age of 16.8 years in Korea. The results showed that mean total sleep time was 6.3 h/day for male students and 6.5 h/day for female students, which may be insufficient for adolescence during puberty. The overall prevalence of EDS (defined as an Epworth sleepiness scale score of >10) was 15.9% (14.9% for boys and 18.2% for girls). The prevalence of EDS increased significantly (P
ISSN:	1323-1316 1440-1819
DOI:	10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01146.x