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Physical Activity Stress and Sleep in Adolescents

Not Applicable
Conditions
Adolescent Problem Behavior
Registration Number
NCT04187885
Lead Sponsor
Association Tunisienne d'Etude & de Recherche sur l'Athérosclérose
Brief Summary

Adolescence is characterized by major transitions in sleep and circadian rhythm. This rapid pivotal period increases the risks of sleep debt and poor sleep quality, leading to pronounced diurnal fatigue and drowsiness. On the other hand, academic stress has been also associated with increased sleep disturbances.

Both academic stress and poor sleep in adolescents has been linked to increased sleepiness rate, reduced alertness, lower academic performances and the impairment of the control of energy balance through hyperphagia.

Despite the importance of sleep in holistic development, physical (i.e. recovery, metabolism, muscle growth, weight control), cognitive (i.e. learning, memory, decision-making, Vigilance). Few studies have been designed to improve this behavior among college adolescents, especially in times of academic stress.

Physical activity has been suggested as a non-pharmacological alternative treatment for sleep disorders . Generally, it is well established that the duration and quality of sleep were improved by regular physical activity among adolescents and far better, it was suggested that the exercise-mediated effect on sleep could be even observed in the short term. Moreover, it was suggested that aerobic exercise has positive effects on psychological stress and well-being of adolescents .

Therefore, APADOSLEEP trial, was designed to examine the effect of physical activity program on sleep during and outside periods of academic stress.

Detailed Description

Counterbalanced, cross-over, pre-post trial where each subject acts as his own control.

Four sessions will be performed for each adolescent. Each session will be conducted over 5 days (from Monday to Friday):

Adolescents will take part randomly in four sessions. Physical activity program will be identical between sessions and groups. 60 minn of moderate to vigorous leisure activities and exercises will be proposed each day. Heart rate monitor will be used to control intensity of exercise during the physical activity program.

* Control session (CTL) outside academic stress period (represented by exams) and without the physical activity program.

* A session outside academic stress period, with the physical activity program (PAP).

* A session during an academic stress period without the physical activity program (AS).

* A session during an academic stress period with the physical activity program (ASPAP).

At each session:

* Continuous sleep assessments (duration and quality) by accelerometry

* Continuous physical activity and sedentary behaviour assessments by accelerometry

* one evaluation of melatonin peak from salivary specimens

* one evaluation of cortisol peak from salivary specimens

* An evaluation of the ad libitum food intake of the 5th day will be carried out by the weighing method.

* one assessment of cognitive performance

* An evaluation of subjective appetite sensations (hunger, fullness, desire to eat) of the 5th day

* An evaluation of subjective diurnal sleepiness (Karolinska) of the 5th day

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
56
Inclusion Criteria
  • college adolescent Tanner stages 3-5
Exclusion Criteria
  • Disorders and / or pathology of sleep
  • Medical or surgical history not compatible with the study, any other chronic illness or injury that may interfere with the subject's abilities
  • Take medication that may interfere with the results of the study (corticosteroids ...) or sleeping pills
  • Surgical intervention in the previous 3 months
  • Regular consumption of tobacco, cannabis or alcohol
  • Special diet

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
sleep Efficiency (%)change from baseline at 4th night

the percentage of time spent asleep while in bed

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
bedtimechange from baseline at 4th night

the time when the subjet goes to bed

sleep onset latency (minutes)change from baseline at 4th night

actual time it takes to transition from wake to sleep in minutes

wake after sleep onsetchange from baseline at 4th night

awke after sleep has been initiated and before final awake

total time in bed (minutes)change from baseline at 4th night

total time spent in bed

nubmer of awake >3 minuteschange from baseline at 4th night

awkenings \>3 minutes after sleep has been initiated and before final awake

moderate to vigorous activitiespre and post intervention : day1 and day 4

time spent on moderate to vigorous activities \[3 - 9 Metabolic equivalent of task\[

Energy expenditure (kilo calories)pre and post intervention : day1 and day 4

the amount of energy a person uses in the form of calories estimated by accelerometers

Sedentary activitiespre and post intervention:day 1 and day 4

time spent on Sedentary activities \< 1Metabolic Equivalent of task (METs),

light activitiespre and post intervention:day 1 and day 4

time spent on \[1 - 3 \] expressed in Metabolic equivalent of task (METs)

circadian phase (DLMO)night 4

evaluations of melatonin peak from salivary specimens (5 measures), time (180, 120, 60 min before bedtime, bedtime and 60 min after bedtime)

Cortisol peakday 5

evaluations of cortisol peak from salivary specimens (5 measures), (upon awakening, awakening + 30mn, awakening + 60mn, awakening + 120mn et awakening + 180mn)

Stroop testday 5

selective attention and reading ability

Trail marking testday 5

this test estimate visual attention and motor speed

Barrage testday 5

this task evaluates visual- spatial ability and recognition

California verbal learning test.day 5

this test evaluates primary and secondary memory

Energy intakeday 5

Energy intake and proportion of the energy derived from each class of macronutrients (carbohydrate, fat, and protein) measured on meals offered "ad-libitum"

Subjective appetite sensationsday 5

hunger, fullness, desire to eat and prospective food consumption : upon awakening, before and right after the breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner as well as bed time.

Appetite sensations will be collected throughout the day using visual analogue scales (150 mm scales). Adolescents will report their hunger, fullness, desire to eat and prospective food consumption at thirteen regulated times: upon awakening, before and right after the breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner as well as bed time. The questions were i) "How hungry do you feel?", ii) "How full do you feel?", iii) "Would you like to eat something?", iv) "How much do you think you can eat?" (adolescents were asked to respond on a scale from "not at all" to "a lot"). This method has been previously validated

Subjective sleepiness (Karolinska scale)day 5

this scale mesures the subjective level os sleepness at particular times during the day. this is a nine point scale (1= extreemly alert, 3= alert, 5= neither nor sleepy, 7 = sleepy but no difficulty for main awake, 9= extreemly sleepy/ fighting sleep).

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