1998
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.1.20
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Disturbed sleep: effects of sociocultural factors and illness

Abstract: To assess the prevalence of sleep disturbance and associated risk factors, sleep patterns were analysed in 14 372 English and Scottish children. Approximately 4% of children aged 5 experienced disturbed sleep more than once a week, but this decreased to 1% from age 9. Less than 25% of the parents with an aVected child consulted a doctor. Sleep disturbance was associated with persistent wheezing compared to non-wheezing children (odds ratio 4.42; 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.17 to 6.13), and more frequent in … Show more

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“…Although some smaller studies have reported comorbidity of night wakings and sleep-onset difficulties in the same children, 11,12 others (1 based on 5813 school-aged children) 13,14 are consistent with our results in finding little or no association. As reported by other studies on children who were older than 1 year, [11][12][13]15 no gender difference was found for either type of dyssomnia.…”
Section: Dyssomnias: Prevalence Gender Differences and Associationssupporting
confidence: 70%
“…Although some smaller studies have reported comorbidity of night wakings and sleep-onset difficulties in the same children, 11,12 others (1 based on 5813 school-aged children) 13,14 are consistent with our results in finding little or no association. As reported by other studies on children who were older than 1 year, [11][12][13]15 no gender difference was found for either type of dyssomnia.…”
Section: Dyssomnias: Prevalence Gender Differences and Associationssupporting
confidence: 70%
“…Age is an important factor considered when investigating children's sleep patterns. Children undergo alterations according to the age and some behaviors or attitudes (night feeding or enuresis) will be considered as normal or not 1,2,[5][6][7] . Sleep habits considerably reflect cultural diff e rences like the time to go to bed and the total sleep time in children and adolescents [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] .…”
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“…Curiosamente, embora tão comuns, os distúrbios do sono não são com tanta freqüência abordados nas consultas pediátricas, muitas vezes pelos pais acharem que não são questões médicas, e, outras vezes, por não estarem familiarizados com o que seria o comportamento normal em relação ao sono 5,7,22 .…”
Section: Passo 7 -Estimular O Consumo Diário De Frutas Verduras E Leunclassified
“…Quando esta intervenção não ocorre, o problema pode persistir por alguns anos 6,7 , embora, na maioria dos casos, sejam transitórios e autolimitados 22 .…”
Section: "Meu Filho Não Dorme"unclassified
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