Philadelphia's Drexel College of Nursing studied adolescents who used multiple forms of technology late into the night while drinking caffeinated beverages, lead author Dr. Christina Calamaro said in a release Friday.
Of the 100 students ages 12 to 18 studied, 66 percent had a television in their bedroom, 30 percent a computer, 90 percent a cell phone and 79 percent an MP3 digital audio player, Calamaro's team wrote in the journal Pediatrics.
Eighty percent of the teens reported getting less than 8 hours of sleep on a school night, while at least 30 percent reported falling asleep at school.
Those who fell asleep at school on average had a caffeine consumption
76-percent higher than those who reported staying awake, she said.
"Even though we know adolescents are on a different time schedule than adults, we still need to get them less wired at night," Calamaro said.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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