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. 2023 Nov 14;30(2):153–160. doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-044936

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of studied variables stratified by gender (Slovakia, 2022, N=10 163, mean age 13.4 years)

Characteristics Whole sample Boys Girls Pearson χ2 value P value
n (%) n (%) n (%)
PARI
 Sports clubs With injury 2316 (55.1) 1412 (60.4) 904 (48.4) 59.874 <0.0001
No injury 1888 (44.9) 926 (39.6) 962 (51.6)
 Leisure time With injury 3971 (42.9) 2169 (46.7) 1802 (39.1) 53.714 <0.0001
No injury 5285 (57.1) 2480 (53.3) 2805 (60.9)
 School With injury 2521 (27.9) 1290 (28.5) 1231 (27.4) 1.489 0.222
No injury 6500 (72.1) 3233 (71.5) 3267 (72.6)
Sleep problems
 Problem with falling asleep At least once a week 3145 (31.6) 1222 (24.2) 1923 (39.2) 259.237 <0.0001
No problem 6799 (68.4) 3822 (75.8) 2977 (60.8)
 Waking up at night At least once a week 2486 (25.2) 963 (19.3) 1523 (31.3) 189.811 <0.0001
No problem 7377 (74.8) 4036 (80.7) 3341 (68.7)
 Problem with waking up in the morning and feeling rested At least once a week 5030 (51.1) 2142 (42.9) 2888 (59.5) 271.394 <0.0001
No problem 4815 (48.9) 2850 (57.1) 1965 (40.5)
 Day sleepiness At least once a week 5019 (50.9) 2035 (40.7) 2984 (61.3) 417.922 <0.0001
No problem 4840 (49.1) 2959 (59.3) 1881 (38.7)
Sleep duration*
 Schooldays Short 3936 (39.7) 1876 (37.2) 2060 (42.2) 26.031 <0.0001
Normal 5957 (60) 3143 (62.4) 2814 (57.6)
Long 31 (0.3) 19 (0.4) 12 (0.2)
 Weekends Short 1347 (14.6) 781 (16.5) 566 (12.6) 52.488 <0.0001
Nromal 5851 (63.4) 3035 (64.1) 2816 (62.8)
Long 2026 (22) 921 (19.4) 1105 (24.6)

*Sleep duration was calculated using the cut-offs for short and long sleep duration from Sawyer et al.25

PARI, physical activity-related injury.