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Acta Pediatr Mex 2011; 32 (3)

Correlation between sleep disorders, academic performance and obesity in highschool students

Lombardo-Aburto E, Velázquez-Moctezuma J, Flores-Rojas G, Casillas-Vaillard GA, Galván-López A, García-Valdés P, Rosique-MacGregor L, Rodríguez-López L

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 163-168
PDF size: 473.42 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Sleep disorders are a public health problem that can have an impact on memory consolidation and, consequently on academic performance. There is also a direct relationship between sleep disorders and body mass index.
Objective: To correlate sleep disorders with academic performance and weight disorders in a group of female students of a high school in Mexico City.
Material and methods: Descriptive and transverse study through a standardized survey based on the Epworth modified somnolence scale which was applied to 160 high school female students; 15 to 18 years of age, between November 2010 and January 2011. Sleep disorders were correlated with the academic performance as well as with the body mass index. We applied the ANOVA statistic analysis followed by a T-student
Results: 27.5%of the students presented sleep disorders with diurnal hipersomnia. There was a difference of 7 tenths (8.6 ± 0.08 vs 7.9 ± 0.06) in the general average proficiency between students with sleep disorders and those without them. Students with sleep disorders were also overweight or obese: 35.03 ± 2.
Conclusions: Diurnal hypersomnia affects academic performance in 0.7% of the students which is also related to overweight or obesity.


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