title: Daily activities and sleep quality in young adults.
abstract: Daily activity levels were investigated as related to sleep quality in young adult college students aged 18 to 30 years. 85 participants (20 men, 65 women) completed the Young Adult Daily Activity Scale (YADAS). This 37-item checklist has 34 items based on focus group discussion points of college students' typical daily activities and three blank items for students to include their daily activities if not in the listing. The tabulation of type and amount of waking daily activities represents a unique measurement of factors that may affect sleep quality. The participants also rated their typical sleep quality using a standard 5-point scale (low indicating poor sleep). Correlations of sleep ratings and activities were not significant.
authors.affiliation: Elmhurst College/Suburban Pulmonary & Sleep Associates Hines Veterans Administration, IL 60126, USA. kathysr@elmhurst.edu
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sexton-Radek
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pichler-Mowry
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D055815:Young Adult