Sleep: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To describe objectively measured sleep characteristics in children aged 11-12 years and in parents and to examine intergenerational concordance of sleep characteristics. DESIGN:Population-based cross-sectional study (the Child Health CheckPoint), nested within the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. SETTING:Data were collected between February 2015 and March 2016 across assessment centres in Australian major cities and selected regional towns. PARTICIPANTS:Of the participating CheckPoint families (n=1874), sleep data were available for 1261 children (mean age 12 years, 50% girls), 1358 parents (mean age 43.8 years; 88% mothers) and 1077 biological parent-child pairs. Survey weights were applied and statistical methods accounted for the complex sample design, stratificatio

SUBMITTER: Matricciani L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624061 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature