Anna M H Price1, Jon Quach2, Melissa Wake3, Michael Bittman4, Harriet Hiscock3. 1. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: anna.price@mcri.edu.au. 2. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. 3. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. 4. School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Abstract
AIM: Using national Australian time-diary data, we aimed to empirically determine sleep duration thresholds beyond which children have poorer health, learning, quality of life, and weight status and parents have poorer mental health. DESIGN/ SETTING: Cross-sectional data from the first three waves of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. PARTICIPANTS: A nationally representative sample of 4983 4-5-year-olds, recruited in 2004 from the Australian Medicare database and followed biennially; 3631 had analyzable sleep information and a concurrent measure of health and well-being for at least one wave. EXPOSURE: At each wave, a parent completed 24-h time-use diaries for one randomly selected weekday and one weekend day, including a "sleeping/napping" category. OUTCOMES: Parent-reported child mental health, health-related quality of life, and maternal/paternal mental health; teacher-reported child language, literacy, mathematical thinking, and approach to learning; and assessed child body mass index and girth. RESULTS: Linear regression analyses revealed weak, inconsistent relationships between sleep duration and outcomes at every wave. For example, children with versus without psychosocial health-related quality of life problems slept slightly less at 6-7 years (adjusted mean difference 0.12 h; 95% confidence interval 0.01-0.22, p = 0.03), but not at 4-5 (0.00; -0.10 to 0.11, p = 1.0) or 8-9 years (0.09; -0.02 to 0.22, p = 0.1). Empirical exploration using fractional polynomials demonstrated no clear thresholds for sleep duration and any adverse outcome at any wave. CONCLUSIONS: Present guidelines in terms of children's short sleep duration appear misguided. Other parameters such as sleep timing may be more meaningful for understanding optimal child sleep.
AIM: Using national Australian time-diary data, we aimed to empirically determine sleep duration thresholds beyond which children have poorer health, learning, quality of life, and weight status and parents have poorer mental health. DESIGN/ SETTING: Cross-sectional data from the first three waves of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. PARTICIPANTS: A nationally representative sample of 4983 4-5-year-olds, recruited in 2004 from the Australian Medicare database and followed biennially; 3631 had analyzable sleep information and a concurrent measure of health and well-being for at least one wave. EXPOSURE: At each wave, a parent completed 24-h time-use diaries for one randomly selected weekday and one weekend day, including a "sleeping/napping" category. OUTCOMES: Parent-reported child mental health, health-related quality of life, and maternal/paternal mental health; teacher-reported child language, literacy, mathematical thinking, and approach to learning; and assessed child body mass index and girth. RESULTS: Linear regression analyses revealed weak, inconsistent relationships between sleep duration and outcomes at every wave. For example, children with versus without psychosocial health-related quality of life problems slept slightly less at 6-7 years (adjusted mean difference 0.12 h; 95% confidence interval 0.01-0.22, p = 0.03), but not at 4-5 (0.00; -0.10 to 0.11, p = 1.0) or 8-9 years (0.09; -0.02 to 0.22, p = 0.1). Empirical exploration using fractional polynomials demonstrated no clear thresholds for sleep duration and any adverse outcome at any wave. CONCLUSIONS: Present guidelines in terms of children's short sleep duration appear misguided. Other parameters such as sleep timing may be more meaningful for understanding optimal child sleep.
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