School characteristics, child work, and other daily activities as sleep deficit predictors in adolescents from households with unsatisfied basic needs
- Vigo, Daniel Eduardo
- Simonelli, Guido
- Tuñón, Ianina
- Perez Chada, Daniel
- Cardinali, Daniel Pedro
- Golombek, Diego Andres
DOIAbstract
Sleep in adolescents has been shown to be an important factor when looking at physical, mental, and social well-being. Little evidence is found regarding sleep patterns in adolescents from households facing extreme poverty, where conditions such as crowding, poor housing, sanitation or education, and precarious employment set an adverse environment for sleep. In this study, we sought to assess in a nationwide sample comprised of 1,682 adolescents from Argentina, how the presence of extreme poverty—as defined by the presence of unsatisfied basic needs (UBN)—affects the relationship of sleep duration with school, work, and other daily activities. A global high prevalence of short sleeping time, a slight increase of sleep time in adolescents w...
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