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Headaches, sleep and academic success in adolescents.

dc.contributor.authorPinto, Teresa Rebelo
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Joana Carneiro
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Helena Rebelo
dc.contributor.authorPaiva, Teresa
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-17T16:10:18Z
dc.date.available2017-01-17T16:10:18Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractIntroduction and Objectives Sleep complaints often correlate with other health and social problems. During a national study about sleep habits in adolescents, we observed a very high frequency of headaches, so the aim of this work was to analyse what could be correlated with this complaint in terms of sleep duration, daytime sleepiness, academic success, age and gender. Materials and Methods We used a specific questionnaire that included Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness Scale (CASQ) and other variables concerning sleep related habits, sleep complaints, health complaints and demographics. Teachers from 31 schools across Portugal collected data between January and April, 2012. We used SPSS to analyse data. Results The 6838 participants were between 12 and 22 years old, mean=14.97(1.99); 53.3% were females. From the whole sample, 53.8% (3671) students reported having headaches regularly. Those with a headache complaint slept less hours during weekdays (p=0.008) and more hours on weekends (p=0.045); they also had more daytime sleepiness (p=0.000), but showed no differences on academic success (p>0.050). As expected girls had more headaches than boys (p=0.000) and there were no differences across age, since all groups had high frequency of headaches (p=0.098). Conclusions These results suggest that in adolescents headaches are also related to sleep deprivation or sleep problems. In the future, we should pay more attention to headaches as a symptom of sleep problems and explore which factors may mediate the risk of academic failure in the presence of headaches. Furthermore, the high level of headaches in younger people across all age groups supports the need of early intervention.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationPINTO, Teresa Rebelo – Headaches : sleep and academic success in adolescents. In WORLD CONGRESS ON SLEEP MEDICINE, 5th, Valencia, 2013pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/21257
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectHeadachespt_PT
dc.subjectSleeppt_PT
dc.subjectAcademic successpt_PT
dc.subjectAdolescentspt_PT
dc.titleHeadaches, sleep and academic success in adolescents.pt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceValencia, Espanhapt_PT
oaire.citation.title5th World Congress on Sleep Medicinept_PT
person.familyNamePinto
person.givenNameJ.C.
person.identifier.ciencia-idD61D-1A4C-A61E
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-8151-7412
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typeotherpt_PT
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