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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sleep Sci 2021; 14(S 02): 163-166
DOI: 10.5935/1984-0063.20200100
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How do adolescents with short sleep duration spend their extra waking hours? A device-based analysis of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in a Brazilian sample

Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa
1   Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Desportos - Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brazil.
,
Jean-Philippe Chaput
2   Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute - Ottawa - Ontario - Canada.
,
Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes
1   Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Desportos - Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brazil.
,
Luís Eduardo Argenta Malheiros
1   Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Desportos - Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brazil.
,
Kelly Samara Silva
1   Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Desportos - Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brazil.
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Objectives: To compare sedentary behaviour and physical activity between short sleepers and adequate sleepers in a sample of Brazilian adolescents.

Material and Methods: 688 adolescents wore accelerometers on the non-dominant wrist for seven days. Sleep duration, sedentary behaviour, light (LPA), moderate (MPA), and vigorous physical activity (VPA) were estimated. Participants were classified as short (<8h/night) or adequate sleepers (≥8h/night). The minutes and the percentage of time spent in each waking behaviour was compared between short and adequate sleepers.

Results: Participants were 16.3 years old, 50.4% were female, and 67.7% were short sleepers. Adequate sleepers engaged in less (min/day) sedentary behaviour (-53.46), LPA (-25.44), MPA (-4.27), and VPA (-0.63) compared to short sleepers. However, no differences were observed for the proportion of time (68% in sedentary behaviour, 28% in LPA, 3% in MPA, and <0.4% in VPA).

Conclusion: Patterns of waking behaviours are similar between short and adequate sleepers.

Physical Activity - Sedentary Behaviour - Accelerometer - Sleep Duration - Youth - Public Health


Publication History

Received: 21 October 2020

Accepted: 21 December 2020

Article published online:
30 November 2023

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