Clinical practice

Sadeh, Avi; Sivan, Yakov

doi:10.1007/s00431-009-0982-4

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“…The prevalence of sleep problems in children in the general population is up to 30% [2,3]. Gender and age influence sleep [3-5], and some sleep problems are more common during certain stages of child development, such as night wakings during infancy [6] and sleep onset delay in older children [3]. Children with sleep difficulties experience higher rates of behavioral problems, depression, anxiety in adulthood, and impaired cognitive function and emotional development [6-11].…”

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“…Gender and age influence sleep [3-5], and some sleep problems are more common during certain stages of child development, such as night wakings during infancy [6] and sleep onset delay in older children [3]. Children with sleep difficulties experience higher rates of behavioral problems, depression, anxiety in adulthood, and impaired cognitive function and emotional development [6-11]. Sleep problems are more common in certain medical conditions, such as chronic pain, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism [12-14].…”

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Impaired sleep affects quality of life in children during maintenance treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an exploratory study

Litsenburg

Huisman

Hoogerbrugge

et al. 2011

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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BackgroundWith the increase of pediatric cancer survival rates, late effects and quality of life (QoL) have received more attention. Disturbed sleep in pediatric cancer is a common clinical observation, but research on this subject is sparse. In general, sleep problems can lead to significant morbidity and are associated with impaired QoL. Information on sleep is essential to develop interventions to improve QoL.MethodsChildren (2-18 years) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) were eligible for this multi-center study. The Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ), Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 3.0™ Acute Cancer Version (PedsQL) were used to assess sleep and QoL halfway through maintenance therapy. Sleep and QoL were measured during and after dexamethasone treatment (on-dex and off-dex).ResultsSeventeen children participated (age 6.7 ± 3.3 years, 44% boys). Children with ALL had more sleep problems and a lower QoL compared to the norm. There were no differences on-dex and off-dex. Pain (r = -0.6; p = 0.029) and worry (r = -0.5; p = 0.034) showed a moderate negative association with sleep. Reduced overall QoL was moderately associated with impaired overall sleep (r = -0.6; p = 0.014) and more problems with sleep anxiety (r = -0.8; p = 0.003), sleep onset delay (r = -0.5; p = 0.037), daytime sleepiness (r = -0.5; p = 0.044) and night wakenings (r = -0.6; p = 0.017).ConclusionQoL is impaired in children during cancer treatment. The results of this study suggest that impaired sleep may be a contributing determinant. Consequently, enhanced counseling and treatment of sleep problems might improve QoL. It is important to conduct more extensive studies to confirm these findings and provide more detailed information on the relationship between sleep and QoL, and on factors affecting sleep in pediatric ALL and in children with cancer in general.

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Impaired sleep affects quality of life in children during maintenance treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an exploratory study

Litsenburg

Huisman

Hoogerbrugge

et al. 2011

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“…Previous studies have shown a prevalence of sleep disorders in children up to 30% [2, 3, 17]. Some sleep problems are more common during certain stages of child development, such as night wakings during infancy [28], Children with sleep difficulties experience higher rates of behavioral problems, depression, anxiety in adulthood, impaired cognitive function, learning disabilities, and emotional development [1, 7, 9, 10, 15, 27]. Sleep problems are more common in certain medical conditions, such as chronic pain, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism [16, 19, 22].…”

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Sleep habits and sleep disturbances in Dutch children: a population-based study

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Sleep disorders can lead to significant morbidity. Information on sleep in healthy children is necessary to evaluate sleep disorders in clinical practice, but data from different societies cannot be simply generalized. The aims of this study were to (1) assess the prevalence of sleep disturbances in Dutch healthy children, (2) describe sleep habits and problems in this population, (3) collect Dutch norm data for future reference, and (4) compare sleep in children from different cultural backgrounds. A population-based descriptive study was conducted using the Children’s sleep habits questionnaire and the sleep self-report. One thousand five hundred seven proxy-reports and 262 self-reports were analyzed. Mean age was 8.5 years (95% confidence interval, 8.4–8.6), 52% were boys. Sleep problems in Dutch children were present in 25%, i.e., comparable to other populations. Sleep habits were age-related. Problem sleepers scored significantly higher on all scales. Correlations between parental and self-assessments were low to moderate. Dutch children had significantly more sleep disturbances than children from the USA and less than Chinese children. Cognitions and attitudes towards what is considered normal sleep seem to affect the appraisal of sleep, this probably accounts partly for cultural differences. For a better understanding of cultural influences on sleep, more information on these determinants and the establishment of cultural norms are mandatory.

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“…For example, around 60–70% of four-month olds meet the criterion of sleeping continuously for periods of 5 h or more most nights per week (Moore and Ucko, 1957; St James-Roberts et al ., 2001; Henderson et al ., 2010). However, around a third of infants in many countries sleep for short periods and ‘signal’ (cry out) on waking in the night, making this the most common type of infant sleep behaviour problem (Sadeh and Sivan, 2009; Mindell et al ., 2010). Most such infants are healthy (Mindell, 2008; Sadeh and Sivan, 2009), but their night-time behaviour can exhaust or depress parents and generate substantial health service costs (Morris et al ., 2001; Dennis and Ross, 2005; Stremler et al ., 2013).…”

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“…However, around a third of infants in many countries sleep for short periods and ‘signal’ (cry out) on waking in the night, making this the most common type of infant sleep behaviour problem (Sadeh and Sivan, 2009; Mindell et al ., 2010). Most such infants are healthy (Mindell, 2008; Sadeh and Sivan, 2009), but their night-time behaviour can exhaust or depress parents and generate substantial health service costs (Morris et al ., 2001; Dennis and Ross, 2005; Stremler et al ., 2013). Preventive interventions have the potential to help families and improve service cost-effectiveness.…”

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Descriptive figures for differences in parenting and infant night-time distress in the first three months of age

James‐Roberts

Roberts

Hovish

et al. 2016

Prim Health Care Res Dev

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AimTo provide descriptive figures for infant distress and associated parenting at night in normal London home environments during the first three months of age.BackgroundMost western infants develop long night-time sleep periods by four months of age. However, 30% of infants in many countries sleep for short periods and cry out on waking in the night: the most common type of infant sleep behaviour problem. Preventive interventions may help families and improve services. There is evidence that ‘limit-setting’ parenting, which is common in western cultures, supports the development of settled infant night-time behaviour. However, a recent review has challenged this and argued that this form of parenting risks distressing infants. This study describes limit-setting parenting as practiced in London, compares it with ‘infant-cued’ parenting and measures the associated infant distress.MethodsLongitudinal infrared video, diary and questionnaire observations comparing a General-Community (n=101) group and subgroups with a Bed-Sharing (n=19) group on measures of infant and parenting behaviours at night.FindingsGeneral-Community parents took longer to detect and respond to infant waking and signalling, and to begin feeding, compared with the highly infant-cued care provided by Bed-Sharing parents. The average latency in General-Community parents’ responding to infant night-time waking was 3.5 min, during which infants fuss/cried for around 1 min. Compared with Bed-Sharing parenting, General-Community parenting was associated with increased infant distress of around 30 min/night at two weeks, reducing to 12 min/night by three months of age. However, differences in infant distress between General-Community subgroups adopting limit-setting versus infant-cued parenting were not large or statistically significant at any age. The figures provide descriptive evidence about limit-setting parenting which may counter some doubts about this form of parenting and help parents and professionals to make choices.

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Clinical practice

Cited by 24 publications

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Impaired sleep affects quality of life in children during maintenance treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an exploratory study

Impaired sleep affects quality of life in children during maintenance treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an exploratory study

Sleep habits and sleep disturbances in Dutch children: a population-based study

Descriptive figures for differences in parenting and infant night-time distress in the first three months of age

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