0921 Insomnia in Adolescents: Patient-Centered Outcomes and Perspectives
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Abstract
Abstract Introduction An estimated 25-40% of adolescents endorse symptoms of insomnia. While research has demonstrated that insomnia is associated with impaired functioning, little is known regarding which insomnia symptoms or outcomes are most burdensome for adolescents. Patient-centered outcomes (PCO) are clinical and research questions and outcomes that are meaningful to patients. This study is the first to evaluate PCOs in adolescents with insomnia. Methods We conducted an online survey of adolescents in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand who were 13 - 18 years old and reported experiencing one or more insomnia symptoms. Participants were recruited using targeted advertising on Facebook. Participants reported on insomnia symptom severity, frequency, and duration, help-seeking behavior, areas of insomnia-related impairment, and research priorities. Results Of the N=3034 respondents, 99.3% (n=3014) met inclusion criteria. Participants were predominantly female (77.0%) and white non-Hispanic (70.8%), with a mean age of 16.1 years (SD=1.3). Most (87.5%) met DSM-V diagnostic criteria for insomnia, yet only 29.3% reported seeking professional help. Over half (52.1%) reported a symptom duration of three or more years. Insomnia symptoms reported were sleep initiation difficulties (94.4%), sleep fragmentation (65.3%), premature awakening (54.5%), and difficulty sleeping independently (22.3%). The most burdensome areas of insomnia-related impairment were reported to be mood (72.2%), attentional focus (61.0%), pain (49.7%), worry (46.3%) and sleepiness (38.7%). Adolescents with insomnia most frequently endorsed the following research priorities: causes of insomnia (66.4%), early detection (66.1%), public education about sleep (49.1%) and non-pharmacological treatments (48.3%). Conclusion Adolescents with insomnia report significant insomnia-related distress and impairment, with symptoms often persisting for three or more years. However, adolescents with insomnia often do not seek professional help. Areas perceived as most problematic to adolescents living with insomnia (e.g., mood, focus, pain) should be considered as important outcomes for insomnia researchers. Support This publication was made possible with support from Grant Number UL1TR002529 (A Shekhar, PI) from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award and the Indiana University School of Medicine.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.005 | 0.015 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".