The relationship of sleep problems between eight-year-old South African children and their mothers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep problems are common among children and mothers. However, little is understood about sleep behaviours in low- and middle-income countries. Here we examine sleep behaviours and predictors among black, low-income, South African mothers and their eight-year-old children over time.

Methods

We administered standardised measures of sleep behaviours at eight years post-birth to a population cohort of mothers and children in 24 neighbourhoods of Cape Town, South Africa, in 2009-10. We assessed mothers and children six times over eight years with 84% retention since pregnancy. While 71% remained in Cape Town, about 29% of households moved to the profoundly rural Eastern Cape of South Africa. Mothers completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and rated their children

SUBMITTER: Rotheram-Borus MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12471224 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature