Meanings of inadequate sleep in English

Introduction: Sleep is essential for overall health and well-being, yet more than one-third of adults report inadequate sleep.

Using a nationally-representative sample of US children and adolescents, we examined trends and social determinants of inadequate sleep across age groups.

In order to prevent inadequate sleep across the life course, surveillance and monitoring are needed across all age groups to identify critical periods for intervention.

Parents reported whether the child had inadequate sleep (0-6 days of not getting enough sleep vs 7 days).

Among 10-17-year-olds, those from households with more than a high school degree were more likely to have inadequate sleep (adjusted ORs 1.2).

The report found that inadequate sleep is highly prevalent in Australia with an estimated 39.8% of Australian adults experiencing some form of inadequate sleep.

Parents' reports that neighbours did not watch out for other's children was associated with an increased risk for inadequate sleep across all ages (aORs 1.1-1.3).

Inadequate sleep impairs cognition, metabolism, immune function, and many other processes.

Conclusions: Inadequate sleep occurred as young as age six years and increased with age, became more prevalent, and was socially patterned.