Article: Sleep Parameters Recorded by Actiwatch® in Elementary School Children and Junior High School Adolescents: Schooldays vs Weekends

Over the last years, sleep habits evolution from childhood into adolescence has been identified as a preferential target for investigators. The present study examines the objective sleep patterns as recorded by Actiwatch® in elementary-10.8 years children and junior high school-14.2 years adolescents. During schooldays and weekends elementary school children have constant sleep patterns. Significant differences were found in junior high school adolescents, first in comparison with elementary school subjects and second, between schooldays and weekends. During schooldays, adolescents get insufficient sleep, which they try to recompense during weekends. The majority of sleep parameters showed ...

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