Physical Activity and Sleeping Duration Among Adolescents in the US

Cureus. 2022 Sep 27;14(9):e29669. doi: 10.7759/cureus.29669. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Sleep plays a critical role in the development of adolescents. Identifying the factors influencing adolescent sleep duration is a critical public health concern. Our study was designed to look for associations that may affect sleep duration in adolescent students. A cross-sectional research method was used to evaluate a dataset of thousands of adolescent students who were polled. The study assessed whether there was a correlation between exercise and length of sleep. The research showed a statistically significant positive correlation between the studied variables. We found that while demographic variables modify this association, a positive correlation exists even after controlling for these confounders. Our findings suggest that promoting physical activity can increase the quantity of sleep among adolescents.

Keywords: adolescents; exercise; pediatrics; public health; sleep.