Lyall, L. M. et al. (2020) Accelerometry-assessed sleep duration and timing in late childhood and adolescence in Scottish schoolchildren: a feasibility study. PLoS ONE, 15(12), e0242080. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242080) (PMID:33259503) (PMCID:PMC7707491)
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Abstract
Children and adolescents commonly suffer from sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances, which may contribute to poorer mental health and wellbeing during this critical developmental phase. Many studies however rely on self-reported sleep measures. This study assessed whether accelerometry data collection was feasible within the school setting as a method for investigating the extent of sleep and circadian disruption, and associations with subjective wellbeing, in Scotland. Fourteen days of wrist-worn accelerometry data were collected from 69 pupils, aged 10–14 years. Objective measures of sleep timing, sleep duration and circadian rest-activity patterns were derived. Questionnaires assessed subjective sleep timing, depressive symptoms, and experiences of wearing the accelerometer. Pupils slept on average less than 8 hours per night, failing to meet standard age-specific recommendations. Sleep timing was later and duration longer on weekends compared to weekdays (B = 0.87, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.70, 1.04; B = 0.49, 95% CI 0.29, 0.69), indicating social jetlag. Lower daytime activity was correlated with higher depressive symptoms (r = -0.84, p = 0.008). Compared to primary school pupils, secondary pupils had shorter sleep window duration and lower circadian relative amplitude. Over half of participants reported some discomfort/inconvenience wearing the accelerometer. These data highlight that inadequate sleep is prevalent in this sample of schoolchildren. Future, larger scale investigations will examine in more detail the associations between sleep, circadian function and physical activity with mental health and wellbeing.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Sangha, Natasha and Wyse, Dr Cathy and Haughton, Mrs Dawn and Brown, Dr Judith and Smith, Professor Daniel and Campbell, Mrs Kate and Moore, Professor Laurence and Hindle, Miss Elaine and Lyall, Dr Laura and Inchley, Dr Joanna and Simpson, Professor Sharon |
| Creator Roles: | Lyall, L. M.Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing Sangha, N.Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing Wyse, C.Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review and editing Hindle, E.Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review and editing Haughton, D.Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review and editing Campbell, K.Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review and editing Brown, J.Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review and editing Moore, L.Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Simpson, S. A.Conceptualization, Writing – review and editing Inchley, J. C.Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Smith, D. J.Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review and editing |
| Authors: | Lyall, L. M., Sangha, N., Wyse, C., Hindle, E., Haughton, D., Campbell, K., Brown, J., Moore, L., Simpson, S. A., Inchley, J. C., and Smith, D. J. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Mental Health and Wellbeing College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Journal Name: | PLoS ONE |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1932-6203 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 Lyall et al. |
| First Published: | First published in PLoS ONE 15(12): e0242080 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
| Data DOI: | 10.5525/gla.researchdata.1075 |
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