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"Sleepiness" is serious in adolescence: Two surveys of 3235 Canadian students

Abstract

BackgroundEvidence is growing that sleep problems in adolescents are significant impediments to learning and negatively affect behaviour, attainment of social competence and quality of life. The objectives of the study were to determine the level of sleepiness among students in high school, to identify factors to explain it, and to determine the association between sleepiness and performance in both academic and extracurricular …

Authors

Gibson ES; Powles AP; Thabane L; O'Brien S; Molnar DS; Trajanovic N; Ogilvie R; Shapiro C; Yan M; Chilcott-Tanser L

Journal

BMC Public Health, Vol. 6, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 2006

DOI

10.1186/1471-2458-6-116

ISSN

1472-698X