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Table 1 Characteristics of normal and delayed sleep onset phenotypes in depressed young people (N = 305)

From: Delayed sleep onset in depressed young people

 

Delayed n = 56

 

Normal n = 249

   
 

Frequency

%

Frequency

%

OR (95% CI)

p

Gender

     

.19

   Males

18

32%

59

24%

1.5 (0.8 - 2.9)

 

   Females

38

68%

190

76%

  

Employment

     

.98

   Not in employment

37

66%

164

66%

1.0 (0.1 - 1.8)

 

   In employment

19

34%

85

34%

  

Education

     

.01

   Not in education

27

48%

77

31%

2.1 (1.2 - 3.8)

 

   In education

29

52%

172

69%

  

High Substance Risk

      

   Tobacco

39

71%

113

45%

2.9 (1.6 - 5.5)

.001

   Alcohol

18

33%

39

16%

2.6 (1.4 - 5.1)

.003

   Cannabis

24

43%

69

28%

2.0 (1.1 - 3.6)

.03

Sleep quality

      

   Poor sleep quality

42

75%

171

69%

1.4 (0.7 - 2.7)

.35

   Good sleep quality

14

25%

78

31%

  

Fatigue

      

   Persistent fatigue

9

16%

50

20%

1.3 (0.6 - 2.9)

.49

   Non-persistent fatigue

47

84%

199

80%

  
 

SD

SD

MD (95% CI)

 

   Age

18.5

2.3

18.3

3.1

0.2 (-0.5 - 0.9)

.60

   Hours spent in bed

6.7

2.7

8.8

2.1

-2.0 (-2.8 - -1.3)

.000

   Self-reported sleep duration (hrs)

5.9

2.3

6.9

2.1

-1.0 (-1.6 - -0.4)

.002

   Calculated sleep duration (hrs)

5.8

2.7

7.8

2.3

-2.0 (-2.8 - -1.2)

.000

   Minutes taken to fall asleep

85.2

68.0

68.9

56.9

16.3 (-0.9 - 33.6)

.06

   Fun-seeking

8.1

2.8

9.0

2.7

-0.9 (-1.7 - -0.1)

.03

   Drive

10.2

3.2

10.3

2.7

-0.1 (-0.9 - 0.7)

.80

   Reward Responsiveness

9.8

3.0

9.6

2.8

0.2 (-0.6 - 1.0)

.65

   Inhibition

12.0

4.8

11.4

3.8

0.7 (-0.5 - 1.8)

.24

   Rumination

33.3

6.5

32.1

5.5

1.2 (-0.4 - 2.9)

.15

   Depression

15.3

3.6

14.9

3.2

0.4 (-0.6 - 1.3)

.42

   Anxiety

13.9

5.2

13.0

5.0

0.9 (-0.6 - 2.3)

.24

   Mania

5.1

5.7

4.6

5.2

0.5 (-1.0 - 2.1)

.50

   Psychological Distress

36.2

7.7

34.7

7.2

1.5 (-0.6 - 3.6)

.16

   Suicidal Ideation

9.1

9.2

9.7

8.8

-0.6 (-3.2 - 2.0)

.64

   SOFAS score

58.7

10.0

62.3

10.0

-3.6 (-6.5 - -0.7)

.02

   WHODAS score

19.9

9.6

17.6

8.7

2.2 (-0.4 - 4.9)

.09

   Quality of life

2.5

1.1

2.6

.9

-0.1 (-0.4 - 0.1)

.31

  1. Bold = adjusted alpha level of p < .004. SOFAS: Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale, WHODAS: World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule.