Patterns of sleep and daytime sleepiness: comparison between adolescents from the interior and metropolitan regions

Abstract Introduction Sleep is a physiological process whose expression in humans is influenced by social and environmental factors. Objective Compare the variables sleep and daytime sleepiness in adolescents from a municipality in the countryside and from a metropolitan city. Method Study participants were 1645 adolescents from representative samples of two cities of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil: one from the interior of the state and another from a metropolitan area. Adolescents responded to a self-administered questionnaire on sociodemographic issues, sleeping and waking times on weekdays and weekends, daytime sleepiness, and health perception. Results Adolescents living in the metropolitan region presented delayed sleeping (p