Adequate sleep among adolescents is positively associated with health status and health-related behaviors

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Relationship between the frequency of AS and health-promoting behavior among the 656 study participants

Variables	Adequate sleep³		χ² (d.f. = 1)	Odds ratio	95% Confidence Interval
	Higher	Lower
	n %
Life appreciation
Higher¹	202 (52.5%)	183 (47.5%)	17.99***	1.98	1.4~2.7
Lower²	97 (35.8%)	174 (64.2%)
Health responsibility
Higher	198 (50.1%)	197 (49.5%)	8.65**	1.61	1.2~2.2
Lower	100 (38.3%)	161 (61.7%)
Social support
Higher	166 (47.6%)	183 (52.4%)	1.19	1.19	0.9~1.6
Lower	133 (43.3%)	174 (56.7%)
Stress management
Higher	230 (67.2%)	110 (32.4%)	145.28***	7.56	5.3~10.8
Lower	68 (21.5%)	248 (78.5%)
Nutrition
Higher	180 (60.0%)	120 (40.0%)	46.81***	2.99	2.2~4.1
Lower	119 (33.4%)	237 (66.6%)
Exercise
Higher	151 (56.8%)	115 (43.2%)	22.63***	2.15	1.6~3.0
Lower	148 (37.9%)	242 (62.1%)
Total AHP
Higher	191 (58.5%)	135 (41.5%)	44.48***	2.91	2.1~4.0
Lower	107 (32.4%)	223 (67.6%)

¹² Higher/lower is defined as the frequency of practicing behavior above/below the average of the total sample scores on the six dimensions of the health promotion scale.
³Adequate sleep: Lower/higher was defined as the frequency of obtaining AS (6–8 hours each night); "lower" for rarely/sometimes, and "higher" for "often/always".
** Fisher's exactly test: p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001

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