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. 2014 Feb 8;14:33. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-33

Table 1.

Characteristics of normal and delayed sleep onset phenotypes in depressed young people (N = 305)

 
Delayed n = 56
 
Normal n = 249
 
 
 
  Frequency % Frequency % OR (95% CI) p
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
.19
   Males
18
32%
59
24%
1.5 (0.8 - 2.9)
 
   Females
38
68%
190
76%
 
 
Employment
 
 
 
 
 
.98
   Not in employment
37
66%
164
66%
1.0 (0.1 - 1.8)
 
   In employment
19
34%
85
34%
 
 
Education
 
 
 
 
 
.01
   Not in education
27
48%
77
31%
2.1 (1.2 - 3.8)
 
   In education
29
52%
172
69%
 
 
High Substance Risk
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Tobacco
39
71%
113
45%
2.9 (1.6 - 5.5)
.001
   Alcohol
18
33%
39
16%
2.6 (1.4 - 5.1)
.003
   Cannabis
24
43%
69
28%
2.0 (1.1 - 3.6)
.03
Sleep quality
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Poor sleep quality
42
75%
171
69%
1.4 (0.7 - 2.7)
.35
   Good sleep quality
14
25%
78
31%
 
 
Fatigue
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Persistent fatigue
9
16%
50
20%
1.3 (0.6 - 2.9)
.49
   Non-persistent fatigue
47
84%
199
80%
 
 
 

SD

SD
MD (95% CI)
 
   Age
18.5
2.3
18.3
3.1
0.2 (-0.5 - 0.9)
.60
   Hours spent in bed
6.7
2.7
8.8
2.1
-2.0 (-2.8--1.3)
.000
   Self-reported sleep duration (hrs)
5.9
2.3
6.9
2.1
-1.0 (-1.6--0.4)
.002
   Calculated sleep duration (hrs)
5.8
2.7
7.8
2.3
-2.0 (-2.8--1.2)
.000
   Minutes taken to fall asleep
85.2
68.0
68.9
56.9
16.3 (-0.9 - 33.6)
.06
   Fun-seeking
8.1
2.8
9.0
2.7
-0.9 (-1.7 - -0.1)
.03
   Drive
10.2
3.2
10.3
2.7
-0.1 (-0.9 - 0.7)
.80
   Reward Responsiveness
9.8
3.0
9.6
2.8
0.2 (-0.6 - 1.0)
.65
   Inhibition
12.0
4.8
11.4
3.8
0.7 (-0.5 - 1.8)
.24
   Rumination
33.3
6.5
32.1
5.5
1.2 (-0.4 - 2.9)
.15
   Depression
15.3
3.6
14.9
3.2
0.4 (-0.6 - 1.3)
.42
   Anxiety
13.9
5.2
13.0
5.0
0.9 (-0.6 - 2.3)
.24
   Mania
5.1
5.7
4.6
5.2
0.5 (-1.0 - 2.1)
.50
   Psychological Distress
36.2
7.7
34.7
7.2
1.5 (-0.6 - 3.6)
.16
   Suicidal Ideation
9.1
9.2
9.7
8.8
-0.6 (-3.2 - 2.0)
.64
   SOFAS score
58.7
10.0
62.3
10.0
-3.6 (-6.5 - -0.7)
.02
   WHODAS score
19.9
9.6
17.6
8.7
2.2 (-0.4 - 4.9)
.09
   Quality of life 2.5 1.1 2.6 .9 -0.1 (-0.4 - 0.1) .31

Bold = adjusted alpha level of p < .004 . SOFAS: Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale, WHODAS: World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule.