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 Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Adolescents Age Factors Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Adolescent Behavior Patterns Epidemiology Farmers Farm Workers Health Surveys Humans Sex Factors Sleep Deprivation Sleep Disorders Work Operations Young Workers

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• 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
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1cab3d3d50be18932e4e2f1a533142acdea84047dd7772522840406d3da05adc2b1d09b1041600880414d1e9309b458c9ab835d7c73c0436d34079eb5d4d46b1
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216563/cdc_216563_DS1.pdf
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