Adolescent sleep quality meas ured during leisure activities
A one-week sleep monitoring by logs and actigraphs in preteens during summer camp was conducted. Campers aged 11-16 attended a two-week day camp that focused on the learning about science. Nine campers agreed to monitor their sleep and have their patterns explained (anonymously) to other campers during the expert lecture by the author. The aim of the study was to identify the sleep quality in an adolescent group. All nine of the sleep logs and actigraphs denoted severe sleep deprivation. The findings from the logs and actigraphs denoted sever sleep depriva tion. The expert lecturer provided basic infor mation about sleep per the science designa tion of the day camp. A follow up session pro vided strategies to address sleep deprivation.
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