Prevalence of insomnia symptoms in a general population sample of young children and preadolescents: gender effects.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our population-based study examined the prevalence of insomnia symptoms and its sociodemographic, subjective, and polysomnographic (PSG) sleep risk factors in young and preadolescent children.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional study of 700 children, ages 5-12 years who underwent a 9-h PSG and parent-completed sleep and development questionnaires (Penn State Child Cohort). Insomnia symptoms were defined as parent report of difficulty falling or staying asleep and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) as an apnea hypopnea index of ≥1.

Results

The prevalence of insomnia symptoms was 19.3% and did not significantly change (20.2%) when children with SDB were excluded. A significant interaction between gender and age revealed that the prevalence of insomnia sympto

SUBMITTER: Calhoun SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3912735 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature