Longitudinal study of childhood sleep trajectories and adolescent mental health problems

Touchette, E., Fréchette-Boilard, G., Petit, D., Geoffroy, M.-C., Pennestri, M.-H., Côté, S., Tremblay, R. E., Petitclerc, A., Boivin, M. et Montplaisir, J. (2024). Longitudinal study of childhood sleep trajectories and adolescent mental health problems. SLEEP Advances, 5 (1). Article zpae013. ISSN 2632-5012 DOI 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae013

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Abstract

Study objective
To investigate whether childhood sleep trajectories are associated with mental health symptoms such as social phobia, generalized anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct problems, and opposition at age 15.

Methods
A total of 2120 children took part in the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development. Childhood sleep trajectories were computed from maternal reports at 2.5, 3.5, 4, 6, 8, 10, and/or 12 years. At age 15, 1446 adolescents filled out mental health and sleep questions. A path analysis model was assessed in the full sample.

Results
Four childhood nocturnal sleep duration trajectories were identified: (1) a short pattern (7.5%), (2) a short-increasing pattern (5.8%), (3) a 10 hours pattern (50.7%), and (4) an 11 hours pattern (36.0%). Three childhood sleep latency trajectories were found: (1) a short pattern (31.7%), (2) an intermediate pattern (59.9%), and (3) a long pattern (8.4%). Finally, two childhood wakefulness after sleep-onset trajectories were found: (1) a normative pattern (73.0%) and (2) a long pattern (27.0%). The path analysis model indicated that children following a long childhood sleep latency trajectory were more likely to experience symptoms of depression (β = 0.06, 95% CI: 0.01 to 0.12), ADHD (β = 0.07, 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.13), conduct problems (β = 0.05, 95% CI: 0.00 to 0.10) and opposition (β = 0.08, 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.13) at age 15.

Conclusions
This longitudinal study revealed that children presenting a long sleep latency throughout childhood are at greater risk of symptoms of depression, ADHD, conduct problems, and opposition in adolescence.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	Childhood sleep Psychopathology Adolescence Longitudinal study
Date de dépôt:	22 avr. 2024 18:51
Dernière modification:	22 avr. 2024 18:51
Version du document déposé:	Version officielle de l'éditeur
URI:	https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/11269

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