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Transgender adolescents had higher risk of overall sleep disturbance, insomnia, excessive sleepiness

Transgender adolescents have a higher risk of overall sleep disturbance and symptoms of insomnia and excessive sleepiness.

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Transgender adolescents had a higher risk of overall sleep disturbance and symptoms of insomnia and excessive sleepiness.

This is according to a study – “Gender Identity Disparities in Early Adolescent Sleep: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study” by Colbey Ricklefs, Priyadharshini Balasubramanian, Kyle T. Ganson, et al – that appeared in LGBT Health.

For this study, the researchers wanted to examine associations between transgender identity and sleep disturbance in early adolescents. They conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study from Year 3 (2019–2021, n = 10,277, 12–13 years) to investigate the association between transgender identity and caregiver-reported measures of their adolescent’s sleep, assessed by the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children.

Some of the findings included:

  • Transgender adolescents had a higher risk of overall sleep disturbance and symptoms of insomnia and excessive sleepiness.
  • As per caregiver report, transgender adolescents were more likely to have shorter sleep duration categories; particularly concerning is the significant risk of <5 hours of sleep for transgender adolescents compared with their cisgender peers.

Compared with their cisgender peers, “transgender adolescents had worse caregiver-reported sleep outcomes,” the researchers noted. As such, there is a “need for screenings and interventions targeted at improving sleep among transgender adolescents.”

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