Victoria S O'Callaghan1, Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne2, Lachlan T Strike3, Katie L McMahon4, Enda M Byrne5, Margaret J Wright6. 1. Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Electronic address: victoria.ocallaghan@uq.net.au. 2. Institute of Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Paris Brain Institute, ARAMIS INRIA Team, Paris, France. 3. Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 4. Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Health, School of Clinical Science and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Brisbane, Australia. 5. Institute of Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 6. Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a risk period for the development of mental illness, as well as a time for pronounced change in sleep behaviour. While prior studies, including several meta-analyses show a relationship between sleep and depressive symptoms, there were many inconsistences found in the literature. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between subjective sleep and depressive symptoms. METHODS: Following PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a literature search that yielded forty-nine recent studies (2014-2020) with adolescent samples aged 9 to 25-year-olds, and more than double the sample size of previous meta-analyses (N = 318,256). RESULTS: In a series of meta-analyses, we show that while several common categories of subjective sleep are associated with depressive symptoms in adolescents, the strength of this relationship varies. Measures of sleep perception: poor sleep quality (r = 0.41), insomnia (r = 0.37), sleep disturbances (r = 0.36), wake after sleep onset (r = 0.31), and daytime sleepiness (r = 0.30) correlated more strongly with depressive symptoms, than measures of sleep behaviour: sleep latency (r = 0.22), and sleep duration (r = -0.19). CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that in studies of depressive symptoms it may be important to assess an adolescent's perception about their sleep, in addition to their sleep/wake behaviours.
BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a risk period for the development of mental illness, as well as a time for pronounced change in sleep behaviour. While prior studies, including several meta-analyses show a relationship between sleep and depressive symptoms, there were many inconsistences found in the literature. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between subjective sleep and depressive symptoms. METHODS: Following PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a literature search that yielded forty-nine recent studies (2014-2020) with adolescent samples aged 9 to 25-year-olds, and more than double the sample size of previous meta-analyses (N = 318,256). RESULTS: In a series of meta-analyses, we show that while several common categories of subjective sleep are associated with depressive symptoms in adolescents, the strength of this relationship varies. Measures of sleep perception: poor sleep quality (r = 0.41), insomnia (r = 0.37), sleep disturbances (r = 0.36), wake after sleep onset (r = 0.31), and daytime sleepiness (r = 0.30) correlated more strongly with depressive symptoms, than measures of sleep behaviour: sleep latency (r = 0.22), and sleep duration (r = -0.19). CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that in studies of depressive symptoms it may be important to assess an adolescent's perception about their sleep, in addition to their sleep/wake behaviours.
Authors: Leanna M McWood; Megan M Zeringue; Olivia Martín Piñón; Joseph A Buckhalt; Mona El-Sheikh Journal: Sleep Med Date: 2021-11-11 Impact factor: 4.842
Authors: R Lewis; L C Roden; K Scheuermaier; F X Gomez-Olive; D E Rae; S Iacovides; A Bentley; J P Davy; C J Christie; S Zschernack; J Roche; G Lipinska Journal: Sci Rep Date: 2021-12-15 Impact factor: 4.379