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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2024 Dec 31;37(4):e14992. doi: 10.1111/nmo.14992

Table 4.

Activities before sleep in youth with FAPDs and healthy youth

Measure All participants
(n = 120)
FAPDs
(n = 60)
Healthy youth
(n = 60)
P value
Stress level * 5.8 ± 2.9 6.4 ± 2.7 5.1 ± 2.9 0.01
Differences in activity before going to sleep
Reading a book or homework 28.0 (23.3) 12.0 (20.0) 16.0 (26.7) 0.26
Eating 37.0 (30.8) 21.0 (35.0) 16.0 (26.7) 0.22
Video games 33.0 (27.5) 20.0 (33.3) 13.0 (21.7) 0.11
Watching television 48.0 (40.0) 22.0 (36.7) 26.0 (43.3) 0.29
Relaxing 41.0 (34.2) 20.0 (33.3) 21.0 (35.0) 0.50
Talking on the phone 63.0 (52.5) 34.0 (56.7) 29.0 (48.3) 0.23
Using a computer or another electronic 55.0 (45.8) 29.0 (48.3) 26.0 (43.3) 0.36
Caffeinated drinks before going to sleep 109.0 (90.8) 54.0 (90.0) 55.0 (91.7) 0.50
Time between dinner and sleep n = 117 n = 57 n = 60
Mean ± SD * 3.1 ± 1.7 3.2 ± 2.0 2.9 ± 1.4 0.35
*

Data is formatted as mean ± standard deviation. All other data is formatted as value (percentage). FAPDs: Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders.