Lack of sleep increases risk of failure in school

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/uu-los092314.php

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Sep-2014

Contact: Christian Benedict
Uppsala University
Lack of sleep increases risk of failure in school

A new Swedish study shows that adolescents who suffer from sleep disturbance or habitual short sleep duration are less likely to succeed academically compared to those who enjoy a good night's sleep. The results have recently been published in the journal Sleep Medicine.

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"Another important finding of our study is that around 30 percent of the adolescents reported regular sleep problems. Similar observations have been made in other adolescent cohorts, indicating that sleep problems among adolescents have reached an epidemic level in our modern societies", says Christian Benedict.