Citation

Gershon P, Simons-Morton B. J. Adolesc. Health 2019; 64(5): 671-672.

Affiliation

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.02.005

PMID

31010551

Abstract

In their letter to the editor, Rishi and Gurubhagabatula have identified a gap in the current understanding of at-risk driving. Sleep insufficiency among adolescents may contribute to adolescent risky driving behaviors and crash risk and is of considerable concern due to its high prevalence. Unfortunately, in the present study, sleep-related variables were not measured, and as such, we cannot examine the associations of these factors with adolescents driving behaviors [1]. As indicated in the article, the current analyses considered a subset of key factors in association with crash rates and risky driving behaviors among teenage drivers. Additional research is needed to advance our understanding about how sleep insufficiency and related aspects of sleep may be associated with adolescent driving behavior and outcomes. As noted by Rishi and Gurabhagavata, the inclusion of sleep diaries and actigraphy, in addition to self-report methods, to measure sleep-related variables in future naturalistic driving studies would continue to advance our understanding of at-risk driving among adolescents...

Language: en