Factors that affect the quality of sleep in adolescents

• Grant number: 12/20503-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2012
• End date: November 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Lia Rita Azeredo Bittencourt
• Grantee: Thiago de Souza Vilela
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The prevalence of sleep deprivation is rising among adolescents due to studies, extra scholar activities, or intense social life. However, the poor quality of sleep may induce uncountable injuries to intellectual development, causing behaviors changes and metabolic disorders. Obesity has become the hotspot in public health and it is apparently associated with impairment in sleep quality not only as a factor to sleep disturbance but also as a consequence of its deprivation. Therefore, better access to this population is required to investigate possible associations between the quality of sleep and factors that may be related to this. Thus, the data will also provide a better quality of life to the adolescents.(AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VILELA, THIAGO DE SOUZA; AZEREDO BITTENCOURT, LIA RITA; TUFIK, SERGIO; MOREIRA, GUSTAVO ANTONIO. Fatores que influenciam na sonolência excessiva diurna em adolescentes. Jornal de Pediatria, v. 92, n. 2, p. 149-155, MAR-APR 2016. (12/20503-4)