STUDY OBJECTIVES: The Cologne Children's Sleep Study intended to provide information on prevalence and course of difficulties of initiating and maintaining sleep in childhood. DESIGN: Longitudinal study. SETTING: Children of the fourth grade of elementary schools in Cologne. PARTICIPANTS: 832 children and their parents; the mean age of the children was 9.4, 10.7, and 11.7 years at the 3 assessments. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Children and parents were surveyed using questionnaires 3 times on an annual basis. In self- and parental reports, about 30%-40% of the children of the longitudinal sample had problems falling asleep at the first assessment. One year later, about 30% to 40% of these children did not describe any difficulties initiating sleep, whereas about 60% did report continuing difficulties initiating sleep. Difficulties maintaining sleep are less common in childhood. The analysis of self- and parental reports revealed that in general children described significantly more difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep than their parents report. CONCLUSIONS: Difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep may be transient or persistent. In practice, children and adolescents should be included in the diagnostic and therapeutic process.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: The Cologne Children's Sleep Study intended to provide information on prevalence and course of difficulties of initiating and maintaining sleep in childhood. DESIGN: Longitudinal study. SETTING:Children of the fourth grade of elementary schools in Cologne. PARTICIPANTS: 832 children and their parents; the mean age of the children was 9.4, 10.7, and 11.7 years at the 3 assessments. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS:Children and parents were surveyed using questionnaires 3 times on an annual basis. In self- and parental reports, about 30%-40% of the children of the longitudinal sample had problems falling asleep at the first assessment. One year later, about 30% to 40% of these children did not describe any difficulties initiating sleep, whereas about 60% did report continuing difficulties initiating sleep. Difficulties maintaining sleep are less common in childhood. The analysis of self- and parental reports revealed that in general children described significantly more difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep than their parents report. CONCLUSIONS: Difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep may be transient or persistent. In practice, children and adolescents should be included in the diagnostic and therapeutic process.
Authors: O S Ipsiroglu; A Fatemi; I Werner; M Tiefenthaler; M S Urschitz; B Schwarz Journal: Wien Klin Wochenschr Date: 2001-04-17 Impact factor: 1.704
Authors: Susan L Calhoun; Julio Fernandez-Mendoza; Alexandros N Vgontzas; Duanping Liao; Edward O Bixler Journal: Sleep Med Date: 2013-10-16 Impact factor: 3.492