Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults

Abstract Background Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders and causes a serious economic and medical burden on society. This research assessed the correlation between weekend catch-up sleep (WCS) and depression in US adults aged ≥ 20 years. Methods Cross-sectional data were obtaine...

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Main Authors: Lingying Le, Ziwei Lan, Chenxi Chen
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21551-8
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description Abstract Background Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders and causes a serious economic and medical burden on society. This research assessed the correlation between weekend catch-up sleep (WCS) and depression in US adults aged ≥ 20 years. Methods Cross-sectional data were obtained from individuals with complete WCS and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) data who participated in the 2017–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). A logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the possible independent conjunction between depression and WCS. Subgroup analysis and interaction tests have been carried out. Results A total of 7,795 individuals with an average PHQ-9 level of 3.27 ± 4.25 were analyzed. The prevalence of depression was 9.11% overall, and participants in the quartile 3 (WCS 1–2 h) tended to have lowest rates of depression (Quartile 1: 9.49%; Quartile 2: 9.95%; Quartile 3: 7.03%; Quartile 4: 8.75%; p = 0.014). The incidence of depression was found to be less correlated with 1–2 h of WCS (OR = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.55, 0.99). Individuals with less than one hour or more than two hours of WCS did not have a significantly different risk of depression than individuals without WCS. Conclusions Moderate catch-up sleep on weekends was linked to a decreased likelihood of depression.
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spelling doaj-art-f09d008cba0f4c1da035f580b0907a002025-02-09T12:58:01ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582025-02-012511810.1186/s12889-025-21551-8Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adultsLingying Le0Ziwei Lan1Chenxi Chen2Department of Neurology, West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan UniversityDepartment of Neurology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South UniversityDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital (Xiamen), Fudan UniversityAbstract Background Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders and causes a serious economic and medical burden on society. This research assessed the correlation between weekend catch-up sleep (WCS) and depression in US adults aged ≥ 20 years. Methods Cross-sectional data were obtained from individuals with complete WCS and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) data who participated in the 2017–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). A logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the possible independent conjunction between depression and WCS. Subgroup analysis and interaction tests have been carried out. Results A total of 7,795 individuals with an average PHQ-9 level of 3.27 ± 4.25 were analyzed. The prevalence of depression was 9.11% overall, and participants in the quartile 3 (WCS 1–2 h) tended to have lowest rates of depression (Quartile 1: 9.49%; Quartile 2: 9.95%; Quartile 3: 7.03%; Quartile 4: 8.75%; p = 0.014). The incidence of depression was found to be less correlated with 1–2 h of WCS (OR = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.55, 0.99). Individuals with less than one hour or more than two hours of WCS did not have a significantly different risk of depression than individuals without WCS. Conclusions Moderate catch-up sleep on weekends was linked to a decreased likelihood of depression.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21551-8Weekend catch-up sleepDepressionPHQ-9 scoreCross-sectional study
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Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults
BMC Public Health
Weekend catch-up sleep
Depression
PHQ-9 score
Cross-sectional study
title Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults
title_full Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults
title_fullStr Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults
title_full_unstemmed Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults
title_short Association between weekend catch-up sleep and depression in US adults
title_sort association between weekend catch up sleep and depression in us adults
topic Weekend catch-up sleep
Depression
PHQ-9 score
Cross-sectional study
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21551-8
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