Sleep in Farm Adolescents

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• Personal Author:
  Berg RL ; Janssen I ; Marlenga B ; Pickett W
• Description:
  Purpose: The objectives were to: (1) describe sleep timing and patterns among adolescents who live or work on farms; (2) compare these sleep characteristics to those of nonfarm adolescents; (3) explore whether the above sleep and farm versus nonfarm differences varied by age and gender. Methods: Participants were aged 11-16 years and were abstracted from the 2014 Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Records from 2,160 farm adolescents were frequency matched (by school, gender, and grade) to records from 2,210 nonfarm adolescents. Participants self-reported their bedtimes and wake-up times on weekdays and weekends. Findings: Among farm adolescents, average nightly sleep duration (hours:minutes) ranged from 08:34 among 14- to 16-year-old girls to 09:21 among 11- to 13-year-old girls. Approximately 24% to 32% of farm adolescents did not meet minimal sleep duration targets. For 11- to 13-year-olds, sleep characteristics did not differ according to farm status. However, for 14- to 16-year-olds, farm adolescents had shorter sleep durations than nonfarm adolescents (23 minutes for boys, P = .02; 20 minutes for girls, P = .06). Furthermore, a greater proportion of 14- to 16-year-old farm boys had sleep duration values less than the recommended 8 hours/night (27.7% vs 19.6%, P = .05). Conclusions: This study profiles the sleep experiences of 11- to 16-year-old farm adolescents. Almost 1 in 3 of these adolescents did not get adequate sleep. Older adolescents who lived or worked on a farm slept less than comparably aged nonfarm adolescents. This may reflect their participation in morning chores essential to the farm operation and may increase their injury risk. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Agriculture
  • Behavior
  • Farmers
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Sleep
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Young workers
  • Farm workers
  • Agriculture
  • Agricultural workers
  • Adolescents
  • Sleep
  • Sleep deprivation
  • Sleep disorders
  • Behavior patterns
  • Age factors
  More +
• ISSN:
  0890-765X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  436-441
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053879
• Citation:
  J Rural Health 2019 Autumn; 35(4):436-441
• Contact Point Address:
  Ian Janssen, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, 28 Division St., Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 4V1
• Email:
  ian.janssen@queensu.ca
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of Rural Health
• End Date:
  20250929
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216563/cdc_216563_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 520.39 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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