2022
Volume 22, Number 3/4, pp. 46-48
The impact of sleep deprivation on the endocrine system of adolescents
G. Iukuridze, K. Peikrishvili, N. Berdzenishvili and M. Davitashvili
Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University, Telavi, Georgia
Lack of restful and complete sleep is an important challenge of modernity. The fact that we sleep much less today than ever before has even become an attribute of the high-tech, digital, developed world. The sleep disturbance and hormonal changes caused by this disorder are especially relevant in adolescents. The second extreme point is the attachment of adolescents to digital technologies, manifested in sleep disorders and hormonal changes caused by these disorders. Accordingly, the aim of the study was to investigate the effect of sleep deprivation in adolescents on the endocrine system. The objects of our observations are adolescents who have disturbed their daily sleep patterns. We used a quantitative evaluation method in the research process. The study included 3 experimental modules that tested the student's sleep duration. Using the Schulz test, we sequentially tested students' attention, short-term memory, and reaction speed; sleep and attitude to food; and the effect of sleep on mood and body growth and development. According to the sleep duration module, 7 groups were identified. The results of our research show the importance of sleep for the healthy development and full functioning of adolescents.
Keywords: digital technologies, hormonal changes, Schulz test, sleep duration