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Sensory Processing Patterns and Sleep Quality in Primary School Children

OBJECTIVES: Sensory processing and sleep quality affect children's academic performance and their quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sensory processing patterns and sleep quality in primary school children. MATERIALS & METHODS: In this cross-sectional...

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Autores principales: RAJAEI, Samira, KALANTARI, Minoo, PASHAZADEH AZARI, Zahra, TABATABAEE, Seyed Mehdi, Dunn, Winnie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32952582
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author RAJAEI, Samira
KALANTARI, Minoo
PASHAZADEH AZARI, Zahra
TABATABAEE, Seyed Mehdi
Dunn, Winnie
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KALANTARI, Minoo
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Dunn, Winnie
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description OBJECTIVES: Sensory processing and sleep quality affect children's academic performance and their quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sensory processing patterns and sleep quality in primary school children. MATERIALS & METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 231 primary school students aged 7 to 12 years old (133 girls and 98 boys, the mean age of 8.68±1.51) who were studying in schools in Tehran were randomly selected through cluster sampling. The researchers distributed a questionnaire on children's sleep habits to assess the quality of sleep and a sensory profile questionnaire to assess the sensory processing patterns (avoidance, sensitivity, seeking, and registration) among the students. RESULTS: In this study, we found a meaningful moderate relationship between sensory processing patterns and overall scores of sleep habits (p <0.001). Moreover, each of the sensory processing patterns had a negative relationship with areas of sleep habits (p = 0.005). There was also a significant difference between children who had more challenges with sleep maintenance and children with normal sleep patterns in sensory processing; mean differences were significant in all the four sensory quadrants (registration, seeking, sensitivity, and avoiding) (p <0.001). CONCLUSION: The sensory processing patterns are moderately correlated with sleep habits in primary school children. Occupational therapists and other specialists working in the field of children's sleep should consider the relationship between sensory challenges and sleep habits while making decisions about sensory challenges and sleep problems. Better sleep may occur with attention to sensory needs in sleep routines. Better sleep may lead to improved quality of life in families and enhanced student performance at school.
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spelling pubmed-74680822020-10-01 Sensory Processing Patterns and Sleep Quality in Primary School Children RAJAEI, Samira KALANTARI, Minoo PASHAZADEH AZARI, Zahra TABATABAEE, Seyed Mehdi Dunn, Winnie Iran J Child Neurol Original Article OBJECTIVES: Sensory processing and sleep quality affect children's academic performance and their quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sensory processing patterns and sleep quality in primary school children. MATERIALS & METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 231 primary school students aged 7 to 12 years old (133 girls and 98 boys, the mean age of 8.68±1.51) who were studying in schools in Tehran were randomly selected through cluster sampling. The researchers distributed a questionnaire on children's sleep habits to assess the quality of sleep and a sensory profile questionnaire to assess the sensory processing patterns (avoidance, sensitivity, seeking, and registration) among the students. RESULTS: In this study, we found a meaningful moderate relationship between sensory processing patterns and overall scores of sleep habits (p <0.001). Moreover, each of the sensory processing patterns had a negative relationship with areas of sleep habits (p = 0.005). There was also a significant difference between children who had more challenges with sleep maintenance and children with normal sleep patterns in sensory processing; mean differences were significant in all the four sensory quadrants (registration, seeking, sensitivity, and avoiding) (p <0.001). CONCLUSION: The sensory processing patterns are moderately correlated with sleep habits in primary school children. Occupational therapists and other specialists working in the field of children's sleep should consider the relationship between sensory challenges and sleep habits while making decisions about sensory challenges and sleep problems. Better sleep may occur with attention to sensory needs in sleep routines. Better sleep may lead to improved quality of life in families and enhanced student performance at school. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7468082/ /pubmed/32952582 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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TABATABAEE, Seyed Mehdi
Dunn, Winnie
Sensory Processing Patterns and Sleep Quality in Primary School Children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32952582
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