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Sleep quality among parents and their children during COVID-19 pandemic
- Source :
- Jornal de Pediatria v.98 n.3 2022, Jornal de Pediatria, Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria (SBP), instacron:SBPE, Jornal de Pediatria, Volume: 98, Issue: 3, Pages: 248-255, Published: 06 JUN 2022, Jornal De Pediatria
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2022.
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Abstract
- Objective: To evaluate sleep characteristics of parents and their children during the COVID-19 pandemic and predictors for sleep disturbances. Methods: Cross-sectional web-based study using an online survey made available for dyads of parents and their children during the 7th week of quarantine in southern Brazil. Parents' and adolescents’ sleep were characterized using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. For children aged 0-3 years parents completed the Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire, for those aged 4-12 years the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children. Parents also informed, subjectively, their perception about sleep habits during social distancing. Multiple regression was run to predict sleep disturbances in adults using independent variables: sex, income, education, children age, and children with sleep disturbances. Results: Data from 577 dyads showed sleep alterations in 69,8% of adults, in 58,6% of children aged 0-3 years, 33,9% in the 4-12 years range (with a predominance of disorders of initiating or maintaining sleep), and 56,6% in adolescents. Sex (female) and children with sleep disturbances were significant predictors of a sleep problem in parents (p < 0.005). Subjective perception revealed complaints related to emotional concerns such as anxiety and fear in adults and due to alterations in routine in children and adolescents. Conclusion: The present study’s data showed an increased rate of sleep problems among families during quarantine both measured by validated instruments and also based on personal perception.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Parents
Sleep Wake Disorders
Adolescent
media_common.quotation_subject
Adolescents
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Surveys and Questionnaires
Perception
Humans
Medicine
Social isolation
Child
Pandemics
Children
media_common
Sleep disorder
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Social distance
COVID-19
medicine.disease
Sleep in non-human animals
Cross-Sectional Studies
Sleep Quality
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Anxiety
Original Article
Female
medicine.symptom
Sleep
business
COVID 19
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00217557
- Volume :
- 98
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Jornal de Pediatria
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c62a11b301e454a1a5125b70d9f482df