Sleep Disorders: Prevalence and Assessment in Childhood

Baseline musculoskeletal pain and impaired sleep related to school pressure influence the development of musculoskeletal pain in N = 107 adolescents in a 5-year longitudinal study

“…The availability of additional information on adolescents' sleep behaviour and sleep quality meant that at follow-up we were able to demonstrate that sleep quality mediated the relationship between school pressure and MSK pain, even after controlling for age, sex and total baseline MSK pain. Although sleep disorders are relatively common during childhood, chronic sleep disorders are not and if, often linked to psychiatric disorders [21].…”