Purpose: To quantify the relationship between sleep difficulties and poor mental health among student athletes using validated measures. Methods: Data were collected from 190 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I student athletes. Sleep assessments included measures of sleep duration, sleep quality, insomnia, fatigue, and sleep apnea symptoms. Mental well-being was assessed as depression, anxiety, mental health days, stress, and social support from family, friends, significant other, and teammates. Results: Shorter sleep duration, poor sleep quality, insomnia, and fatigue were consistently and independently associated with stress, depression, anxiety, mental health days, and social support. Sleep apnea symptoms were associated with stress, depression, and social support. Conclusions: Short sleep duration, poor sleep quality, and daytime fatigue in student athletes are all associated with depression, anxiety, stress, poor mental health days, and decreased social support. These associations are not accounted for solely by stress.
Purpose: To quantify the relationship between sleep difficulties and poor mental health among student athletes using validated measures. Methods: Data were collected from 190 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I student athletes. Sleep assessments included measures of sleep duration, sleep quality, insomnia, fatigue, and sleep apnea symptoms. Mental well-being was assessed as depression, anxiety, mental health days, stress, and social support from family, friends, significant other, and teammates. Results: Shorter sleep duration, poor sleep quality, insomnia, and fatigue were consistently and independently associated with stress, depression, anxiety, mental health days, and social support. Sleep apnea symptoms were associated with stress, depression, and social support. Conclusions: Short sleep duration, poor sleep quality, and daytime fatigue in student athletes are all associated with depression, anxiety, stress, poor mental health days, and decreased social support. These associations are not accounted for solely by stress.
Authors: Nathaniel F Watson; M Safwan Badr; Gregory Belenky; Donald L Bliwise; Orfeu M Buxton; Daniel Buysse; David F Dinges; James Gangwisch; Michael A Grandner; Clete Kushida; Raman K Malhotra; Jennifer L Martin; Sanjay R Patel; Stuart F Quan; Esra Tasali; Michael Twery; Janet B Croft; Elise Maher; Jerome A Barrett; Sherene M Thomas; Jonathan L Heald Journal: J Clin Sleep Med Date: 2015-06-15 Impact factor: 4.062
Authors: Claudia L Reardon; Brian Hainline; Cindy Miller Aron; David Baron; Antonia L Baum; Abhinav Bindra; Richard Budgett; Niccolo Campriani; João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia; Alan Currie; Jeffrey Lee Derevensky; Ira D Glick; Paul Gorczynski; Vincent Gouttebarge; Michael A Grandner; Doug Hyun Han; David McDuff; Margo Mountjoy; Aslihan Polat; Rosemary Purcell; Margot Putukian; Simon Rice; Allen Sills; Todd Stull; Leslie Swartz; Li Jing Zhu; Lars Engebretsen Journal: Br J Sports Med Date: 2019-06 Impact factor: 13.800
Authors: Max Hirshkowitz; Kaitlyn Whiton; Steven M Albert; Cathy Alessi; Oliviero Bruni; Lydia DonCarlos; Nancy Hazen; John Herman; Paula J Adams Hillard; Eliot S Katz; Leila Kheirandish-Gozal; David N Neubauer; Anne E O'Donnell; Maurice Ohayon; John Peever; Robert Rawding; Ramesh C Sachdeva; Belinda Setters; Michael V Vitiello; J Catesby Ware Journal: Sleep Health Date: 2015-10-31