{"id":460,"date":"2018-08-09T09:10:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/?p=460"},"modified":"2023-04-14T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:45:00","slug":"does-sleep-quality-help-adolescents-absorb-material-covered-at-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/2018\/08\/09\/does-sleep-quality-help-adolescents-absorb-material-covered-at-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Does sleep quality help adolescents absorb material covered at school?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Luciano Machado Ferreira Ten\u00f3rio de Oliveira, professor da Faculdade Boa Viagem Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife (PE), Brazil<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The perception of sleep quality, regardless of the amount time slept and the time spent studying outside of school, was associated with the difficulty of absorbing content addressed in the classroom, as perceived by adolescent students.<\/p>\n

Researchers from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco<\/em> (UFPE), in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, evaluated 481 young students aged 14 to 19 years old, both boys and girls, from 15 state public high school schools in the city of Caruaru, Pernambuco. The study \u201cThe association between sleep quality perception and the absorption of content addressed in the classroom\u201d was published in the journal Revista Paulista de Pediatria<\/em> (vol. 36, no. 3).<\/p>\n

The descriptive study with a quantitative approach applied questionnaires in classrooms in the form of a collective interview without the teachers being present. The students\u2019 perception of sleep quality was measured with the question “How do you rate the quality of your sleep?” with the options: \u201cSleep well,\u201d for those who rated their sleep as good, very good or excellent; and \u201cDo not sleep well,\u201d for those who rated it as bad or normal. The students\u2019 perception about absorption of classroom material was evaluated from the question: \u201cDo you have difficulties absorbing material addressed in the classroom?\u201d with the response options of \u201cYes\u201d and \u201cNo\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the study, 54.1% of the participants were female. Furthermore, it showed that 44.1% of the adolescents reported difficulty in absorbing material addressed in the classroom, 77.1% slept less than 8 hours and 28.9% perceived that they slept poorly. The young people who studied for at least one hour a day outside the classroom were less likely to have difficulty absorbing content addressed at school. The interviewees who reported having poor sleep quality were more likely to have difficulty absorbing the subject addressed in the classroom, regardless of gender, age, time of day at school, time spent studying outside the classroom and the amount of time slept.<\/p>\n

The study found no significant association between the number of hours spent sleeping and the absorption of material addressed at school. The daily amount of sleep required to reinvigorate the body and the brain may differ between individuals, and researchers point out that there are some people who require no more than six hours of sleep per day \u2013 short sleepers \u2013 and others that require about nine hours of sleep per day \u2013 long sleepers (AESCHBACH, et al<\/em>., 1996).<\/p>\n

A troubling result found in the study was that almost half of the adolescents reported difficulty in absorbing the content covered in the classroom, a result that deserves to be investigated in more detail to better clarify the meaning and origin of these difficulties. The researchers emphasize the need for greater attention to be paid to adolescents\u2019 perceived sleep quality and their study time outside the classroom, aiming at better absorption of the material being taught. Research using a qualitative approach with the students who reported experiencing difficulties absorbing classroom content might be interesting to further investigate in order to get into the specific causes of such difficulties.<\/p>\n

Reference<\/h3>\n

AESCHBACH, D., et al<\/em>. Homeostatic sleep regulation in habitual short sleepers and long sleepers. Am J Physiol<\/em> [online]. 1996, vol. 270 (1 Pt 2), pp. R41-53, ISSN: 0002-9513 [viewed 9 August 2018] DOI: 10.1152\/ajpregu.1996.270.1.R41<\/a>. Available from: https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/8769783<\/a><\/p>\n

To read the article, access it<\/h3>\n

BATISTA, G.A., et al<\/em>. Association between perception of sleep quality and assimilation of content covered in class. Rev. paul. pediatr. <\/em>[online]. Ahead of print. 2018, ISSN: 0103-0582 [viewed 9 August 2018]. DOI: 10.1590\/1984-0462\/;2018;36;3;00008<\/a>. Available from: http:\/\/ref.scielo.org\/jwcyx6<\/a><\/p>\n

External links<\/h3>\n

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