Sleep efficiency (but not sleep duration) of healthy school-age children is associated with grades in math and languages
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- Attention, Behavior, and Sleep Laboratory, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Québec H4H 1R3, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Québec, Canada
Correspondence
- Corresponding author. Attention, Behavior, and Sleep Laboratory, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Québec H4H 1R3, Canada. Tel.: +1 514 761 6131 ext. 3476; fax: +1 514 762 3041 (Attn: ABS Lab).
Affiliations
- Attention, Behavior, and Sleep Laboratory, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Québec H4H 1R3, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Québec, Canada
Correspondence
- Corresponding author. Attention, Behavior, and Sleep Laboratory, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Québec H4H 1R3, Canada. Tel.: +1 514 761 6131 ext. 3476; fax: +1 514 762 3041 (Attn: ABS Lab).
Affiliations
- Riverside School Board, 7525 Chemin de Chambly, Saint-Hubert, Québec J3Y 0N7, Canada
Affiliations
- Riverside School Board, 7525 Chemin de Chambly, Saint-Hubert, Québec J3Y 0N7, Canada
Affiliations
- Attention, Behavior, and Sleep Laboratory, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Québec H4H 1R3, Canada
Affiliations
- Riverside School Board, 7525 Chemin de Chambly, Saint-Hubert, Québec J3Y 0N7, Canada
Affiliations
- Riverside School Board, 7525 Chemin de Chambly, Saint-Hubert, Québec J3Y 0N7, Canada
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Highlights
- •Sleep contributed significantly to explaining grades in math and languages.
- •These associations were found in relation to sleep efficiency but not to sleep duration.
- •Sleep did not contribute significantly to explaining grades in science and art.
Abstract
Objective
The objective of this study was to examine the associations between objective measures of sleep duration and sleep efficiency with the grades obtained by healthy typically developing children in math, language, science, and art while controlling for the potential confounding effects of socioeconomic status (SES), age, and gender.
Study design
We studied healthy typically developing children between 7 and 11 years of age. Sleep was assessed for five week nights using actigraphy, and parents provided their child's most recent report card.
Results
Higher sleep efficiency (but not sleep duration) was associated with better grades in math, English language, and French as a second language, above and beyond the contributions of age, gender, and SES.
Conclusion
Sleep efficiency, but not sleep duration, is associated with academic performance as measured by report-card grades in typically developing school-aged children. The integration of strategies to improve sleep efficiency might represent a successful approach for improving children's readiness and/or performance in math and languages.
Abbreviations:
SES (Socioeconomic status), GS (Good sleep), PS (Poor sleep), SD (Standard deviation), M (Mean)Keywords:
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