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Adolescent mental health problems have increased in recent years, and such problems may predispose the adolescent to long-term mental illness in adulthood. In past decades it has become more common for Icelandic teenagers to work while attending school (term-time work). Nevertheless, research is missing on the association between the level of termtime work and mental health. The aim is to examine the association between six types of mental symptoms (tiredness after an adequate night's sleep, difficulty sleeping, depression, stress/anxiety, worries/sadness, and multiple symptoms) and level of term-time work, by gender, age, and family's financial status. ⋯ It is important that all stakeholders promote moderate term-time work for adolescents, and that the young people themselves receive occupational health and safety education to better understand the connection between work and mental health.
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Despite extensive knowledge on the importance of quality sleep for health and wellbeing, sleep quality and sleep disorders are commonly overlooked in both prevention and treatment of chronic illnesses. The aim of this review is to draw attention to recently published literature focusing on how disrupted sleep contributes to the onset and progression of chronic diseases, with focus on cardiovascular- and -cardiometabolic diseases. ⋯ Objective sleep disorder diagnosis is relevant to ensure appropriate therapy intervention, and for sleep disorders to be managed as other chronic diseases based on regular objective assessments of treatment efficacy. In light of the knowledge of how short sleep and/or low sleep quality negatively affects the cardiovascular system, including objective sleep evaluation in the -standard of care for risk assessment and management of cardiovascular diseases may improve cardiovascular risk prediction and improve outcomes.