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Prevalence of Sleep Disorders Among Children 4 - 6 Years Old in Tehran Province, Iran

BACKGROUND: Sleep patterns may change over a person’s lifetime; however, the quantity and quality of sleep always depend on individual factors such as age, sex, and psychological and environmental factors. In children, sleep is as important as development. Quantitative sleep problems related to slee...

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Autores principales: Ozgoli, Giti, Sheikhan, Zohre, Soleimani, Farin, Nasiri, Malihe, Amiri, Saba
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5020400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651942
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.22052
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author Ozgoli, Giti
Sheikhan, Zohre
Soleimani, Farin
Nasiri, Malihe
Amiri, Saba
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Sheikhan, Zohre
Soleimani, Farin
Nasiri, Malihe
Amiri, Saba
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description BACKGROUND: Sleep patterns may change over a person’s lifetime; however, the quantity and quality of sleep always depend on individual factors such as age, sex, and psychological and environmental factors. In children, sleep is as important as development. Quantitative sleep problems related to sleep onset and qualitative sleep disorders such as frequent awakenings may lead to insufficient sleep. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of sleep disorders among children 4 - 6 years old attending the health centers of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, in 2013. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study on 400 children selected using a multistage sampling method. Data were collected by interviews. The questionnaire included two sections: a demographic section with questions about the demographic characteristics of the children and parents and a children’s sleep habit questionnaire (CSHQ). Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 and different statistical tests were used (P < 0.05). RESULTS: The mean age of the children was 64.27 ± 9.3 months. The prevalence of sleep disorders was 36.25%. Sleep disorders were significantly associated with age, height, body mass index, residence of children, father’s occupation, mother’s diseases, father’s drug abuse, and parents’ marital status (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Sleep disorders in children threaten growth and development, and are dangerous for their health. Sleep disorders should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children’s learning and behavioral problems.
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spelling pubmed-50204002016-09-20 Prevalence of Sleep Disorders Among Children 4 - 6 Years Old in Tehran Province, Iran Ozgoli, Giti Sheikhan, Zohre Soleimani, Farin Nasiri, Malihe Amiri, Saba Iran Red Crescent Med J Research Article BACKGROUND: Sleep patterns may change over a person’s lifetime; however, the quantity and quality of sleep always depend on individual factors such as age, sex, and psychological and environmental factors. In children, sleep is as important as development. Quantitative sleep problems related to sleep onset and qualitative sleep disorders such as frequent awakenings may lead to insufficient sleep. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of sleep disorders among children 4 - 6 years old attending the health centers of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, in 2013. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study on 400 children selected using a multistage sampling method. Data were collected by interviews. The questionnaire included two sections: a demographic section with questions about the demographic characteristics of the children and parents and a children’s sleep habit questionnaire (CSHQ). Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 and different statistical tests were used (P < 0.05). RESULTS: The mean age of the children was 64.27 ± 9.3 months. The prevalence of sleep disorders was 36.25%. Sleep disorders were significantly associated with age, height, body mass index, residence of children, father’s occupation, mother’s diseases, father’s drug abuse, and parents’ marital status (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Sleep disorders in children threaten growth and development, and are dangerous for their health. Sleep disorders should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children’s learning and behavioral problems. Kowsar 2016-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5020400/ /pubmed/27651942 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.22052 Text en Copyright © 2016, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5020400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651942
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.22052
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