Adolescent health briefAttention, Learning, and Arousal of Experimentally Sleep-restricted Adolescents in a Simulated Classroom
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Methods
The experimental sleep protocol and sample are detailed elsewhere [4] and were approved by the local Institutional Review Board. Twenty 13.9–16.9-year-old participants were recruited through mass e-mail and screened through parent-report for sleep disorders (in part using the Child Sleep Habits Questionnaire [6]); a history of neurological illness or injury; and current illness, injury, or medication known to affect sleep or daytime functioning. Throughout the 3-week experiment, prescribed wake
Results and Discussion
Complete data were available for all eight participants who underwent video/EEG monitoring. Of the other 12, one dropped out and quiz data for three were lost because of examiner error, leaving n = 16 for quiz scores. As shown in Table 1, these subsets were similar to each other and showed excellent adherence to the sleep protocol.
A repeated-measures general linear model examined the effect of the sleep manipulation on quiz scores, using intelligence as a covariate. Intelligence was estimated
Acknowledgments
This study was funded by NIH grants K23HL075369 and M01RR08084. Drs. Beebe, Rose, and Amin each declare that they do not have a conflicting personal, financial, or professional interest with respect to this paper.
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