title: Construction of a telephone interview to assess the relationship between mood and sleep in adolescence.
abstract: Telephone interviews have been used extensively as a tool to explore and assess sleep disorders and psychopathological conditions. The aim of this study was to set up and validate a telephone interview aimed at assessing the correlation between mood and sleep variables in adolescents. The study included 16-18 years subjects. A total of approximately 4,000 calls were made; 529 adolescents were finally enrolled. The questionnaire was divided into two parts: the first one focused on affective variables, the second one explored sleep variables. A factorial analysis was carried out to explore the structure of the questionnaire according to two factors: the first, which we labeled "affective factor", and the second, "quality of sleep". A positive correlation was found regarding the feeling of wellbeing on awakening. A negative correlation was found between feeling of wellbeing on awakening and daytime drowsiness. In adolescence, increased daytime sleepiness seemed to correlate with worsening mood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatric and Anesthesiology Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Settineri
authors.forename: Antongiulio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vitetta
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mento
authors.forename: Giusy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fanara
authors.forename: Rosalia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Silvestri
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tatì
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grugno
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cordici
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Polimeni
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gitto
authors.forename: Placido
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bramanti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D001066:Appetite; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires