title: Sleep habits of students attending elementary schools, and junior and senior high schools in Akita prefecture.
abstract: It is widely accepted that students in Japan sleep fewer hours than what they actually need. However, epidemiological data on sleep habits among students are scarce. The sleep habits and related problems among 1650 students in Akita prefecture were studied. The results revealed that schoolchildren attending elementary schools seemed to sleep for a sufficient number of hours, whereas students attending junior or senior high schools were not sleeping enough. In particular, approximately half of the students attending senior high schools answered that they slept 6 h or less on weekdays and nodded off during classes more than twice a week.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita City, Japan. takemura@psy.med.akita-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takaubu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: Kensaku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Funaki
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanbayashi
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: Kou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aizawa
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inomata
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012890:Sleep; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*