Insufficient sleep may cause impairments in daytime functioning among teenagers with ADHD, according to findings from a crossover sleep restriction/extension study.

“The need for experimental research examining the impact of sleep in youth with ADHD has recently been identified as a research priority,” Stephen P. Becker, PhD, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and colleagues wrote. “Adolescents are especially prone to shortened sleep, due to a range of biological (eg, circadian clock shifts later associated with the progression of puberty) and environmental (eg, school start time, nighttime technology use) factors.”