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Psychosocial and somatic outcomes of sleep problems in children: a 4-year follow-up study
- Source :
- Child: Care, Health and Development. 40:60-67
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2012.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Inadequate sleep in children relates to medical and psychosocial problems. However, not much is known about the effects of sleep problems persisting from pre-school to school age on somatic and psychosocial symptoms. OBJECTIVES: To examine the associations between sleep disturbances and psychosocial symptoms, somatic complaints, medical problems at school age. METHODS: This was a population-based 4-year follow-up study of sleep problems in Finnish children (n = 470). Parents filled in Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children during pre-school and school years. Children were categorized into four groups: no sleep problems, sleep problems only at pre-school or only at school age, and persistent sleep problems. At follow-up the parents filled in Child Behavior Checklist and a background questionnaire. RESULTS: The children with persistent sleep problems (9%) had a 16-fold risk of having psychosocial symptoms on subclinical/clinical range compared with the children without sleep problems. The psychosocial symptoms that were related strongest to prolonged sleep problems were aggression, social and attention problems, and anxious/depressed mood. Also, somatic complaints (ninefold risk) and medical problems (P Language: en
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study
Sleep disorder
business.industry
Population
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Poison control
medicine.disease
Sleep in non-human animals
Suicide prevention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Injury prevention
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Medicine
business
Child Behavior Checklist
Psychiatry
education
Psychosocial
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03051862
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Child: Care, Health and Development
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........356acd50094a5ddb3b87f7fd47a03f73