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Primary School Children’s Sleep Habits: Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity Habits
Sleep disorders have significant health impacts and affect children’s performance and wellbeing. This study aims to characterise the sleep habits of Portuguese primary school children considering socioeconomic factors, daily lifestyle, presence of electronic devices in the bedrooms, and the practice...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9317587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35883948 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9070965 |
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author | Afonso, Anabela Jacinto, Gonçalo Infante, Paulo Engana, Teresa |
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description | Sleep disorders have significant health impacts and affect children’s performance and wellbeing. This study aims to characterise the sleep habits of Portuguese primary school children considering socioeconomic factors, daily lifestyle, presence of electronic devices in the bedrooms, and the practice of physical and sports activity (PSA) and to identify clinical factors that may be related to a child’s insufficient sleeping time. This study involved 1438 primary students. Sleep habits and problems were assessed using the short version of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ). The mean sleep duration was 9 h 37 min/ per night (SD = 44 min). The prevalence of global sleep disturbances was 25.8%. The main factors we identified to be positively associated with a child’s sleep deficit (i.e., <10 h) were: being older than 7 years, living further away from school, having electronic devices in the bedroom, going to bed and eating dinner later, less daily time of PSA, and having higher scores on the sleep duration subscales. Sleeping and eating habits, electronic devices in the bedroom, and a low level of engagement with PSA are associated with children’s sleep disturbance and shorter sleep duration. |
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spelling | pubmed-93175872022-07-27 Primary School Children’s Sleep Habits: Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity Habits Afonso, Anabela Jacinto, Gonçalo Infante, Paulo Engana, Teresa Children (Basel) Article Sleep disorders have significant health impacts and affect children’s performance and wellbeing. This study aims to characterise the sleep habits of Portuguese primary school children considering socioeconomic factors, daily lifestyle, presence of electronic devices in the bedrooms, and the practice of physical and sports activity (PSA) and to identify clinical factors that may be related to a child’s insufficient sleeping time. This study involved 1438 primary students. Sleep habits and problems were assessed using the short version of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ). The mean sleep duration was 9 h 37 min/ per night (SD = 44 min). The prevalence of global sleep disturbances was 25.8%. The main factors we identified to be positively associated with a child’s sleep deficit (i.e., <10 h) were: being older than 7 years, living further away from school, having electronic devices in the bedroom, going to bed and eating dinner later, less daily time of PSA, and having higher scores on the sleep duration subscales. Sleeping and eating habits, electronic devices in the bedroom, and a low level of engagement with PSA are associated with children’s sleep disturbance and shorter sleep duration. MDPI 2022-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9317587/ /pubmed/35883948 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9070965 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Afonso, Anabela Jacinto, Gonçalo Infante, Paulo Engana, Teresa Primary School Children’s Sleep Habits: Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity Habits |
title | Primary School Children’s Sleep Habits: Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity Habits |
title_full | Primary School Children’s Sleep Habits: Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity Habits |
title_fullStr | Primary School Children’s Sleep Habits: Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity Habits |
title_full_unstemmed | Primary School Children’s Sleep Habits: Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity Habits |
title_short | Primary School Children’s Sleep Habits: Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity Habits |
title_sort | primary school children’s sleep habits: association with socioeconomic factors and physical activity habits |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9317587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35883948 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9070965 |
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