SynthesisBMC psychiatry2025
Social jetlag and depressive symptoms among young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Analysis of health impacts associated with adopting permanent standard time or permanent daylight saving time to inform policy in Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Article
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- Sleep regularity, circadian rhythms, and chronotype as mechanisms of risk for affective dysregulation in female adolescents.Development and psychopathology · 2026Article
- Control vs. salience: a new axis of circadian brain-body organization.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Sleep Irregularity and School Non-Attendance Among Japanese Elementary and Junior High School Students.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Evening chronotype is associated with higher circulating pyruvate levels in adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- When the biological clock is disordered: circadian rhythm disruption as a core pathophysiological mechanism in anxiety and depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Associations Between Social Jetlag and Gut Microbiome Profiles in Adolescents.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
- How Long Should We Sleep? Exploring the Relationship Between Sleep Duration and the Prevalence of Depression.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- The severity of depressive symptoms as a mediator in the sleep-osteoarthritis risk pathway: insights from the ELSA cohort.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSocial jetlag is very common among modern people and is an important factor influencing mental health. However, evidence regarding the relationship between social jetlag and depressive symptoms, particularly among young people (ages 10-24), is lacking. Therefore, this review aims to synthesize these studies and assess the relationship between social jetlag and depressive symptoms in young people.
methodsWe searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, and Web of Science for relevant publications from their respective inception dates to May 4, 2024. The quality of selected studies was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3 to calculate the combined odds ratio and correlation coefficients(r). Data were analyzed for sensitivity assessment using Stata 18.0.
resultsA total of eight studies were ultimately included in the meta-analysis. The analysis results showed that high social jetlag (≥ 2 hours) was associated with increased odds of depressive symptoms among young people(OR = 1.44, 95% CI:1.18-1.77, I
conclusionsSocial jetlag in young people is correlated with depressive symptoms, especially among those with high social jetlag (≥ 2 h). Future longitudinal studies are needed to assess the causal relationship between the two.
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