![]() ![]() TV viewing may directly displace bedtime or increase child emotional arousal and light exposure, all these mechanisms affecting sleep onset and duration. Also more recent longitudinal studies showed a negative impact of daily TV viewing and use of other video devices (tablet, smartphone, PC) on sleep duration. In particular, a relationship between inadequate sleep and TV viewing and/or TV in the bedroom has been found by cross-sectional studies. Variables associated with short sleep duration in childhood have been proposed (latitude, cultural factors, late bedtime, etc.). Sleep duration and continuity (i.e., night awakenings) were the parameters more frequently studied in pediatric age. ![]() At the same time some studies have reported a reduction of sleep duration in pediatric ages, thus suggesting to pediatricians the need for increasing their attention on this topic.Įmpirical data demonstrated that several dimensions of sleep are related to health outcomes, and can be measured with self-report and objective methods, i.e., sleep duration, continuity and architecture. Researches have shown that insufficient sleep is associated with obesity, metabolic risk, lower academic performance and emotional/behavior problems. Sleep in childhood and adolescence is important for mental and physical health, as assessed by various papers in the last decade. Pediatricians should give priority to the identification of sleep disorders early in life. Modifiable risk factors for sleep abnormalities such as video devices use, bedroom TV and bottle use should be target of preventive strategies for a correct sleep. ConclusionsĪbout one third of 1 to 14 year Italian children sleep less than recommended, one half in teenage. Optimal sleep was inversely related with bedroom TV (OR 0.63, p < 0.001), with sleeping disorders in the first year (OR 0.62, p < 0.001)), with bottle use (OR 0.64, p < 0.05) and posivively related with high mother’s education level (OR 1.44, p < 0.01). Video devices use was negative predictor of sleep duration (-0.25 h, p < 0.001). Overall, 23.4% of children changed sleeping place during the night, 22.4% referred sleeping problems in the first year of life. Bottle users at bedtime were 30.8% at 1–3 years, 16.6% at 3–5 years and 4.9% at 5–7 years. Before sleeping 63.5% of children used video devices (39.6% at 1–3 years), 39.1% read, 27.5% drank and 19.5% ate. Only 66.9% of children had sleep duration in agreement with Recommendations (50% in 10–14 years group). Total sleep duration and numbers of awakenings decreased with age. Multivariable median regression was performed to identify predictors of sleep duration and multivariable logistic regression for predictors of optimal sleep. Optimal sleepers were defined children sleeping in own bed all night without awakenings. ![]() ![]() Total sleep duration was calculated, 2015 National Sleep Foundation Recommendations were used as reference. MethodsĪ structured interview was conducted during 2015 by 72 Family Pediatricians in 2030 healthy children aged 1–14 years by a cross-sectional survey named “Ci piace sognare”. Due to the lack of recent epidemiological studies in Italy, the aim of our study was to depict sleep habits and patterns in Italian children aged 1–14 years and to evaluate their relationships with video devices use (TV, tablet, smartphone, PC) and evening/night child activities. Sleep in childhood and adolescence is crucial for mental and physical health however several researches reported an increasing trend towards a sleep deprivation in this age. ![]()
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