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Prevalences and correlates of sleep problems among adolescents in specialty mental health services and in the community: what differs?
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Nordic journal of psychiatry [Nord J Psychiatry] 2010 May 04; Vol. 64 (3), pp. 172-80. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Aims: Knowledge of sleep problems and their relationships among adolescent psychiatric patients is limited. This study investigated whether adolescents in specialty mental health care differ in rate and correlates of sleep problems from adolescents in a community sample; 2465 adolescents from a community sample were compared with a representative clinical sample of 129 adolescent patients.<br />Methods: Comparisons were made on frequent sleep problems according to scores on the Youth Self-Report, the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire, and instruments assessing coping styles, stresses and family functioning.<br />Results: Sleep problems were more frequent in the clinical sample than the community sample (31.3% vs. 5%). Sleeping little and being overtired were the most common sleep problems. Sleep problems were multivariately associated with internalizing problems in both samples. Poor family functioning and distractive coping were multivariately associated with sleep problems among adolescent patients, whereas depressive symptoms were multivariately associated in community adolescents.<br />Conclusions: Prevalences of sleep problems were high among adolescent patients. However, sleep problems may be in danger of being unnoticed in clinical practice. Clinicians should ask about such problems and be aware of possible connections with family functioning, depression and suicidality. Therapeutic interventions directed towards sleep problems should be considered.
- Subjects :
- Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Internal-External Control
Life Change Events
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Norway
Personality Inventory statistics & numerical data
Psychometrics
Reference Values
Risk Factors
Self-Injurious Behavior epidemiology
Self-Injurious Behavior psychology
Sex Factors
Statistics as Topic
Suicide, Attempted psychology
Suicide, Attempted statistics & numerical data
Community Mental Health Services statistics & numerical data
Mental Disorders epidemiology
Sleep Wake Disorders epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1502-4725
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nordic journal of psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19883190
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/08039480903282392