Abstract
Objectives
Pain among adolescents is prevalent that may negatively affect adolescents’ general well-being of which sleep is an important domain. This study aims to explore the associations between weekly pain and medicine use for relevant pain and insufficient sleep duration among 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents in Latvia by assessing the moderation effect of gender and age.
Methods
Data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study on 2017/2018 of Latvia (n = 4412; 49.6% boys) were used. Logistic regression was applied to analyse the odds of insufficient sleep (< 7 h) on schooldays and weekends in association with weekly headache, stomach ache or backache and corresponding medicine use when testing the interaction effect of adolescents’ gender and age.
Results
The experience of weekly pain with or without medicine use significantly increased the odds of insufficient sleep compared to adolescents with pain less than weekly, while controlling for gender and age. The interaction effect of gender and age on the studied associations was not significant.
Conclusions
Weekly pain among adolescents is a significant risk factor for insufficient sleep duration, regardless of adolescents’ gender and age.
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Acknowledgements
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is an international study carried out in collaboration with WHO/EURO. The International Coordinator of the 2017/2018 survey was Jo Inchley (University of Glasgow) and the Data Bank Manager was Professor Oddrun Samdal (University of Bergen). The authors acknowledge all members of the HBSC Latvia team—Iveta Pudule (Principal Investigator), Daiga Grinberga and Biruta Velika—and also Iveta Gavare, Director of the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia, for coordinating and managing the survey.
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The 2017/18 survey in Latvia were conducted by the financial support of The Ministry of Health of Republic of Latvia and coordinated by The Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Latvia. There are no conflict of interests regarding the funding of the study.
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Klavina-Makrecka, S., Gobina, I., Pulmanis, T. et al. Insufficient sleep duration in association with self-reported pain and corresponding medicine use among adolescents: a cross-sectional population-based study in Latvia. Int J Public Health 65, 1365–1371 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01478-0
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