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Functional gastrointestinal disorders among adolescents with poor sleep: a school-based study in Shanghai, China

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed to determine whether functional gastrointestinal disorders are more common among adolescents with self-reported poor sleep.

Methods

Junior middle school and senior high school students (n = 1,362) were recruited from schools in Shanghai. Students completed two questionnaires: the questionnaire for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in adolescents and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Results

The prevalence of poor sleep was 34.29% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 31.77–36.81] and there was no significant difference between genders (P = 0.991). The tendency towards poor sleep increased with age, with age group yielding a significant effect (P = 0.001). In junior middle school and senior high school students, the propensity towards poor sleep was 30.10% (95% CI = 27.08–33.12%) and 42.11% (95% CI = 37.67–46.55%), respectively. Among students with poor sleep, the prevalence of IBS was 19.70% (95% CI = 16.09–23.31). After adjusting for age, sex, night pain, and psychological factors, IBS was significantly more common in students with poor sleep (odds ratio = 1.92; 95% CI = 1.07–2.58).

Conclusion

We conclude that IBS is prevalent in students with poor sleep. Poor sleep was independently associated with IBS among adolescents in Shanghai China.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Hui-Qing Zhou, Guang-Yu Chen, Xiao-Dong Ding & Ding-Guo Li

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China

    Min Yao & Yan-Ping Chen

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Zhou, HQ., Yao, M., Chen, GY. et al. Functional gastrointestinal disorders among adolescents with poor sleep: a school-based study in Shanghai, China. Sleep Breath 16, 1211–1218 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-011-0635-5

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