A longitudinal study of insomnia and other sleep complaints in adolescents with and without alcohol use disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep disturbances are both common and well-characterized in adults with alcohol use disorders (AUDs), but have received little study in adolescents with AUDs. Furthermore, a handful of studies suggest that sleep complaints are a risk factor for AUDs. However, no published studies have yet examined the longitudinal course of sleep complaints in adolescents with AUDs; in particular, it remains unclear how persistent AUD-associated sleep complaints are in this age group, and what types of sleep complaints are most relevant to alcohol-use symptoms. We investigated these questions in a 5-year longitudinal study of adolescents with and without AUDs at baseline.

Methods

Participants were 696 adolescents (age 12 to 19) from a longitudinal study at the Pittsburgh Adolesce

SUBMITTER: Hasler BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4146702 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature