ArticleJournal of pediatric psychology2020
Caffeine Use and Associations With Sleep in Adolescents With and Without ADHD.
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- Energy Drink Use and Adolescent Sleep Debt: Implications for Obesity, Cognition, and Physical Activity.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Using Wearables in Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Caffeine consumption and behavioral symptoms: influence of ADORA2A and DRD2 genes on inattention.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Gaming disorder and problematic caffeine consumption in adolescents: a narrative review and public health framework.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Twin study of caffeine use, ADHD, and disrupted sleep in ABCD youth.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Article
- Sleep parameters and problems in adolescents with and without ADHD: A systematic review and meta-analysis.JCPP advances · 2023Article
- Impact of daily caffeine intake and timing on electroencephalogram-measured sleep in adolescents.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Article
- Sleep in Individuals with ADHD: Prevalence, Impacts, Causes, and Treatments.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2022Article
- Too Jittery to Sleep? Temporal Associations of Actigraphic Sleep and Caffeine in Adolescents.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Energy Drinks: A Clinical Primer and National Data Update.Missouri medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study was to compare caffeine consumption in the morning, afternoon, and evening in adolescents with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and examine associations with sleep functioning.
methodsParticipants were 302 adolescents (ages 12-14) with (N = 140) and without (N = 162) ADHD. Adolescents wore actigraph watches to assess total sleep time and wake after sleep onset and reported on sleep-wake problems and the number of caffeinated beverages consumed per day in the morning, afternoon, and evening. Parents reported on adolescents' difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep. Chi-square tests, odds ratios, and path analyses were conducted.
resultsAnalyses controlled for sex, medication status, and pubertal development. Adolescents with ADHD were 2.47 times more likely to consume caffeine in the afternoon and evening than adolescents without ADHD. Path analyses indicated significant associations between afternoon caffeine use and more self-reported sleep problems for adolescents with and without ADHD, and an association between evening caffeine use and self-reported sleep problems only in adolescents with ADHD. Afternoon caffeine use was associated with parent-reported sleep problems in adolescents with ADHD only. Caffeine use was not associated with actigraphy-assessed sleep.
conclusionThis is the first study to show that adolescents with ADHD consume more caffeine than peers during later times of the day. Additionally, caffeine use is more consistently associated with poorer subjective sleep functioning in adolescents with ADHD. Pediatricians and mental health professionals should assess for caffeine use in adolescents with ADHD and co-occurring sleep problems.
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