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Academic achievement of adolescents with chronic pain: the mediating role of sleep
Door Darragh Mullen.
Inhoud in het Engels
Abstract
Objective
To explore academic achievement among adolescents with chronic pain (CP) compared to their peers and how this relationship may be mediated by secondary influencing factors such as difficulties with sleep.
Methods
A secondary analysis was conducted across a population of adolescents with CP (n = 856) and their peers without chronic pain (NCP; n = 3093) from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) in the UK who attended a research clinic at 17 years. Chi-square, t-test, regression, and mediation analyses were performed to explore the relationship between CP and academic achievement measures, pathway to higher education and educational qualifications. Analyses also explored descriptive information about the CP group compared to peers which are contextually important to the school experience, including pain characteristics, mental health difficulties, bullying, and substance use.