Open AccessA comparative study assessing sleep duration and associated factors among adolescents studying in different types of schools in an urban area of Kerala, India
Author(s) -
Geethu Mathew,
Aby Dany Varghese,
Anoop Ivan Benjamin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_19_19
Subject(s) - bedtime , duration (music) , medicine , sleep (system call) , stratified sampling , demography , pediatrics , psychology , psychiatry , art , literature , pathology , sociology , computer science , operating system
Sleep is essential for optimizing physical, cognitive, and emotional functioning of adolescents. Adolescents are one of the most sleep-deprived age groups in the society.