Research Article
Gender Differences in Sleep and Mental Health among Saudi Adolescents
Table 1
Baseline information of the study sample (
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| Variables | Frequency (%) or |
| Age (years) | | Gender | | Boys | 991 (44.9) | Girls | 1215 (55.1) | Level | | Intermediate school | 754 (34.2) | High school | 1452 (65.8) | Grade | | Excellent | 1130 (51.2) | Good/very good | 1031 (46.7) | Pass | 37 (1.7) | Fail | 8 (0.4) | Single parent (divorced/widowed) | 227 (10.3) | Smoker | 78 (3.5) | Unhealthy diet | 1005 (45.6) | Physical inactivity | 435 (19.7) | Screen time (hours) | | >3 | 1392 (63.1) | 2-3 | 346 (15.7) | 1-2 | 297 (13.5) | <1 | 171 (7.8) | Stress | | High | 267 (12.1) | Moderate | 1366 (61.9) | Mild | 573 (26) | Depression | | Severe/extremely severe | 557 (25.2) | Mild/moderate | 747 (33.9) | Normal | 902 (40.9) | Total sleep score | 60.8 (17.14) | MOS-SUM | | Poor (below median) | 1071 (48.5) | Fair (above median) | 1135 (51.5) |
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MOS: Medical Outcomes Study.
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