title: Reduced sleep duration and history of work-related injuries among Washington State adolescents with a history of working.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The relationship between sleep and occupational injury risk has not been adequately explored for working adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were analyzed from the 2010 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th grade public school students. Teens reported average school and weekend night sleep hours and history of work-related injury that received medical treatment. Multivariable logistic regression evaluated the association between sleep duration and occupational injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 4,144 working teens, 6.4% reported ever having an occupational injury. Teens who sleep ≤5 hr/school night had greater odds of a history of occupational injury than those sleeping 8 hr (OR:2.91, 95% CI:1.85-4.57). No significant association was observed for weekend night sleep duration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reduced school night sleep was associated with increased odds of work-related injury in adolescents. Long hours and late night schedules may contribute to decreased sleep time and potentially have other health and developmental impacts for youth.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing (Spokane), Washington State University, Spokane, Washington.
authors.forename: Janessa M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012890:Sleep; D013997:Time Factors; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescent; employment; injury; occupational injuries; sleep