Sleep architecture in healthy 5‐year‐old preschool children: associations between sleep schedule and quality variables

Abstract

Sleep quality and schedule were linked with each other, which may explain why sleep problems tend to aggregate and form a wider syndrome of disturbed sleep even in young children. Strategies solely targeting the improvement of sleep quantity may not promote ideal sleep; simultaneous considerations for the sleep rhythm and quality may be required.

Dependence of nighttime sleep duration in one-month-old infants on alterations in natural and artificial photoperiod

“…Longer daytime napping in the mothers was associated with shorter nighttime sleep. This finding is consistent to previous reports, which highlighted the negative effect of excessive naps on nighttime sleep in children and adults3738. Obtaining good night sleep after long naps would be difficult even for mothers who are under chronic sleep deprivation.…”

Napping, development and health from 0 to 5 years: a systematic review

“…Napping was not found to be a response to shorter sleep duration on the night preceding a nap. Iwata et al 39 present data on children who are non-habitual nappers attending nursery during weekdays, where naptime is compulsory and compares their weekday and weekend sleep. During weekends, most children did not nap and had earlier sleep onset and shorter sleep latency.…”

“…A likely explanation for these findings is that napping acts to dissipate homeostatic sleep pressure,10 with this mechanism evidence by increased sleep latency and later sleep onset. Together the evidence suggests that, beyond the age of 2 years napping can influence night sleep patterning 15 18 39. The meaning of these affects, however, remains uncertain.…”

Just five more minutes please: electronic media use, sleep and behaviour in young children

“…2 D. Séguin and V. Klimek Many factors are related to sleep patterns; for example, high caloric food consumption late in the evening is associated with disturbed sleep (e.g. longer sleep latency) (Crispim et al, 2011) and the longer it takes a child to fall asleep, the poorer his or her sleep quality becomes (Iwata, Iwata, Iemura, Iwasaki, & Matsuishi, 2012).…”