Journal of Behavioral Health and Psychology. 2012; 1(4):(43-342)


Association between physical activity behavior and sleeprelated parameters of adolescents

Paul D. Loprinzi, Kevin E. Finn, Susan A. Harrington, Hyo Lee, Michael W. Beets, Bradley J. Cardinal

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between accelerometerassessed physical activity behavior and a variety of self-reported sleeping parameters in a sample of U.S. adolescents ages 16 and 17. Methods: Data from the 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) was used for the study, with analyses performed in 2012. At the mobile examination center, participants were asked to wear an ActiGraph 7164 accelerometer on the right hip for 7 days following their examination. 23 questions on sleep were asked during the household interview. 293 adolescents between 16 and 17 years of age with sleeping data and sufficient accelerometry data were included in the analyses. Results: After controlling for household income and race-ethnicity, a 1-minute increase in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was associated with a 44 percent greater odds of having no difficulty remembering when tired (OR: 1.44, 95% CI: 1.06-1.96, p = 0.02). Physical activity was not associated with the other evaluated sleeping-related variables. Discussion: In adolescents, accelerometer-assessed physical activity was, among the sleepingrelated parameters, associated with difficulty remembering when tired. Future studies are needed to confirm this finding and to determine the extent to which physical activity may improve memory when tired among adolescents.

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