Keith Pecor1, Lilia Kang2, Matthew Henderson3, Sunny Yin4, Varsha Radhakrishnan5, Xue Ming6. 1. Department of Biology, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA. Electronic address: pecor@tcnj.edu. 2. Communication High School, Wall, NJ, USA. 3. Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange, NJ, USA. 4. Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ, USA. 5. Department of Neurology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA. 6. Department of Neurology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA; Neuroscience Institute of New Jersey, Sleep Medicine Division, JFK Medical Center, Seton Hall University, Edison, NJ, USA.
Abstract
AIM: We tested for associations of bedtime, sleep duration, instant messaging, and chronic headaches with hypersomnolence and academic performance in a sample of high school students in New Jersey, USA. METHODS: Students were surveyed anonymously and asked to report their sleep and messaging habits, headache status, and overall grades. RESULTS: We found that greater hypersomnolence was associated with later bedtimes, shorter sleep durations, and the presence of chronic headaches, but not with messaging after lights out. Also, we found that academic performance was lower in students who messaged after lights out, but it was not affected by headache status, bedtime, or sleep duration. CONCLUSIONS: These results are consistent with other studies that have demonstrated associations between headaches and hypersomnolence and between instant messaging habits and academic performance. They also add to a growing literature on the relationships among use of electronic devices, sleep health, and academic performance by adolescents.
AIM: We tested for associations of bedtime, sleep duration, instant messaging, and chronic headaches with hypersomnolence and academic performance in a sample of high school students in New Jersey, USA. METHODS: Students were surveyed anonymously and asked to report their sleep and messaging habits, headache status, and overall grades. RESULTS: We found that greater hypersomnolence was associated with later bedtimes, shorter sleep durations, and the presence of chronic headaches, but not with messaging after lights out. Also, we found that academic performance was lower in students who messaged after lights out, but it was not affected by headache status, bedtime, or sleep duration. CONCLUSIONS: These results are consistent with other studies that have demonstrated associations between headaches and hypersomnolence and between instant messaging habits and academic performance. They also add to a growing literature on the relationships among use of electronic devices, sleep health, and academic performance by adolescents.