According to the latest research, bad sleeping can influence in a negative way teens’ report cards.
Scientists from the University of Colorado School of Medicine examined 238 surveys completed by students of middle-school and high-school. The results of the study proved that students with lower grade point averages (GPA) were at greater risk of experiencing: restless, aching legs when they were trying to fall asleep; problems with concentrating in the course of the day; snoring each night; problems with waking up in the morning; falling asleep in the daytime; and problems with falling asleep in class.
The findings were published in the February 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
"Whereas a series of previously-conducted studies all discovered that adolescents experiencing insufficient sleep, irregular sleep patterns, and/or bad sleep quality do not achieve as good results at school as students without sleep problems, this research offers supplementary evidence suggesting that sleep disturbances take place very often in adolescents and considerably influence daytime performance, as it was measured by GPA," the author of the research, Dr James F. Pagel said in a prepared statement.
Inform your physician
He said that it is essential for parents to talk about their teen’s sleep-related troubles with a healthcare provider.
Here are several sleep tips for teenagers, courtesy of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine:
* Get a full night’s sleep regularly. Never stay up late doing homework or learning for an examination.
* If you are still awake after twenty minutes of going to bed, get up and do something relaxing, like reading a book or listening to relaxing music, until you are tired enough to go back to bed.
* Each morning get up at the same time.
* Do your best not to take naps after school. But if you feel you have to, never nap for more than 60 minutes.
* Have a regular schedule.
* When lying in bed, don’t read, write, eat, watch TV, talk on the phone or play cards.
* Don’t consume any caffeine products after lunch.
* Your bedroom must be quiet, dark and quite cool.
* Don’t go to bed hungry, however remember not to eat a big meal just before going to sleep.
* Don’t do any dynamic exercise within six hours of going to bed.
