Table 2

Descriptive statistics of studied variables stratified by gender (Slovakia, 2022, N=10 163, mean age 13.4 years)

CharacteristicsWhole sampleBoysGirlsPearson χ2 valueP value
n (%)n (%)n (%)
PARI
 Sports clubsWith injury2316 (55.1)1412 (60.4)904 (48.4)59.874<0.0001
No injury1888 (44.9)926 (39.6)962 (51.6)
 Leisure timeWith injury3971 (42.9)2169 (46.7)1802 (39.1)53.714<0.0001
No injury5285 (57.1)2480 (53.3)2805 (60.9)
 SchoolWith injury2521 (27.9)1290 (28.5)1231 (27.4)1.4890.222
No injury6500 (72.1)3233 (71.5)3267 (72.6)
Sleep problems
 Problem with falling asleepAt least once a week3145 (31.6)1222 (24.2)1923 (39.2)259.237<0.0001
No problem6799 (68.4)3822 (75.8)2977 (60.8)
 Waking up at nightAt least once a week2486 (25.2)963 (19.3)1523 (31.3)189.811<0.0001
No problem7377 (74.8)4036 (80.7)3341 (68.7)
 Problem with waking up in the morning and feeling restedAt least once a week5030 (51.1)2142 (42.9)2888 (59.5)271.394<0.0001
No problem4815 (48.9)2850 (57.1)1965 (40.5)
 Day sleepinessAt least once a week5019 (50.9)2035 (40.7)2984 (61.3)417.922<0.0001
No problem4840 (49.1)2959 (59.3)1881 (38.7)
Sleep duration*
 SchooldaysShort3936 (39.7)1876 (37.2)2060 (42.2)26.031<0.0001
Normal5957 (60)3143 (62.4)2814 (57.6)
Long31 (0.3)19 (0.4)12 (0.2)
 WeekendsShort1347 (14.6)781 (16.5)566 (12.6)52.488<0.0001
Nromal5851 (63.4)3035 (64.1)2816 (62.8)
Long2026 (22)921 (19.4)1105 (24.6)
  • *Sleep duration was calculated using the cut-offs for short and long sleep duration from Sawyer et al.25

  • PARI, physical activity-related injury.