TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Association of bedtime with both suicidal ideation and suicide planning among Korean adolescents JO - International journal of environmental research and public health A1 - Jeong, Wonjeong A1 - Kim, Yun Kyung A1 - Lee, Hyeon Ji A1 - Jang, Jieun A1 - Kim, Selin A1 - Park, Eun-Cheol A1 - Jang, Sung-In SP - e16203817 EP - e16203817 VL - 16 IS - 20 N2 - STUDY OBJECTIVES: In comparison to other countries, the South Korean population has a short average sleep duration, and studies have suggested that insufficient sleep is a risk factor for suicidal behavior. This study aimed to examine the association of bedtime with suicidal ideation and with suicide planning, respectively, among Korean adolescents.

METHODS: This study included 48,218 participants from the 2017 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Participants were divided into three categories: pre-23:00 bedtime, 23:00-01:30 bedtime, and post-01:30 bedtime. Suicidal ideation and suicide planning were the main dependent variables, and multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the target association.

RESULTS: For both male and female respondents, compared to those who had a pre-23:00 bedtime, those whose bedtime was after 01:30 were more likely to have suicidal ideation (post-01:30 bedtime for men: OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.16-1.45; for women: OR = 1.32, 95% CI = 1.20-1.44). For suicide planning, the results were also significant for both genders (post-01:30 bedtime for men: OR = 1.41, 95% CI = 1.16-1.70; for women: OR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.03-1.43). Odds of suicidal ideation were higher for those who had a post-01:30 bedtime on weekdays but not weekends.

CONCLUSIONS: We found that, among adolescents, going to bed after 01:30 is significantly associated with suicidal ideation and suicide planning, after adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related characteristics. Therefore, late bedtime should be the timepoint of a suicide intervention for adolescents, in order to prevent developing suicidal ideations and suicide planning.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1661-7827 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203817 ID - ref1 ER -