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Published in final edited form as: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 12;33(3):821–832. doi: 10.1007/s00787-023-02204-w

Table 3.

Adjusted associations between daily medication usage and sleep outcomes

Bedtimea SOLa Sleep onset
timeb
Sleep
durationa
Total time in
bedb
Sleep Efficiencyb Daytime
sleepinessa
Difficulty
wakinga
b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI)
Between ind. estimate
 Overall − 0.23 (− 0.53, 0.07) 1.56 (− 2.71, 6.02) 0.05 (− 0.59, 0.42) 0.14 (− 0.22, 0.52) − 3.33 (− 22.88, 31.12) − 0.39 (− 1.21, 0.48) − 0.35 (− 0.94, 0.22) − 0.21 (− 0.83, 0.38)
 Excluding sleep aids − 0.31 (− 0.71, 0.09) − 0.76 (− 4.72, 3.19) − 0.14 (− 0.59, 0.28) − 0.13 (− 0.61, 0.34) − 14.89 (− 36.33, 7.29) − 0.17 (− 3.75, 3.03) − 0.31 (− 1.06, 0.44) 0.01 (− 0.71, 0.74)
 Amphetamine users − 0.44 (− 0.96, 0.06) − 1.69 (− 6.00, 2.63) 0.11 (− 0.61, 0.40) 0.11 (− 0.64, 0.85) − 5.32 (− 36.90, 37.65) 0.60 (− 2.40, 3.70) − 0.39 (− 1.16, 0.35) 0.52 (− 0.34, 1.29)
 Methylphenidate users − 0.50 (− 1.06, 0.04) − 0.53 (− 4.65, 3.66) 0.22 (− 0.75, 0.32) −0.23 (− 0.87, 0.34) − 26.43 (− 51.59, 1.97) − 2.19 (− 5.22, 1.09) − 0.93 (− 1.92, 0.05) − 0.50 (− 1.29, 0.41)
 Excluding weekends − 0.43 (− 0.85, − 0.00) 0.37 (− 4.64, 5.08) − 0.02 (− 0.49, 0.44) − 0.01 (− 0.57, 0.58) − 11.01 (− 30.59, 8.72) − 0.40 (− 2.83, 2.18) − 0.76 (− 1.58, 0.13) 0.08 (− 0.75, 0.95)
Within ind. Estimate
 Overall 0.01 (− 0.10, 0.14) 0.00 (− 0.05, 0.05) 0.02 (− 0.13, 0.17) − 0.20 (− 0.39, −0.01) − 8.18 (− 22.88, 31.12) 0.42 (− 2.54, 1.83) 0.30 (0.11, 0.47) 0.05 (− 0.04, 0.15)
 Excluding sleep aids 0.01 (− 0.01, 0.01) 0.06 (0.03, 0.10) 0.001 (< 0.01, 0.02) 0.00 (− 0.01, 0.01) − 0.03 (− 0.56, 0.53) − 0.02 (− 0.06, 0.02) 0.004 (− 0.00, 0.01) 0.00 (− 0.00, 0.01)
 Amphetamine users − 0.00 (-− .01, 0.01) 0.12 (0.08, 0.17) 0.00 (− 0.01, 0.01) − 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.002) − 0.12 (− 0.79, 0.59) − 0.05 (− 0.09, < 0.01) 0.00 (− 0.01, 0.01) − 0.00 (− 0.01, 0.01)
 Methylphenidate users 0.01 (− 0.00, 0.02) 0.00 (− 0.01, 0.01) 0.00 (0< 0.01, 0.02) 0.01 (0< 0.01, 0.02) 0.19 (− 0.34, 0.74) 0.07 (0.02, 0.12) 0.03 (0.02, 0.04) 0.01 (− 0.01, 0.03)
 Excluding weekends 0.01 (0< 0.01, 0.01) 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) 0.01 (0< 0.01, 0.01) 0.01 (0< 0.01, 0.01) − 0.31 (− 0.56, − 0.04) 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.05) 0.01 (0.01, 0.02) 0.00 (− 0.01, 0.01)
a

Sleep indices measured with daily diaries.

b

Sleep indices measured with actigraphy. Ind individual. SOL sleep onset latency. Credibility intervals that do not include zero indicate statistically significant associations (in bold)