Food insecurity is associated with suboptimal sleep quality, but not sleep duration, among low-income Head Start children of pre-school age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between food insecurity and child sleep outcomes and to investigate whether parent psychosocial factors mediate such associations.

Design

Cross-sectional study. Usual wake time and bedtime, bedtime routine and sleep quality were reported by parents using the adapted Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire. Food insecurity was assessed using the eighteen-item US Department of Agriculture Household Food Security Module. Parent psychosocial factors, including perceived stress, parenting self-efficacy and depressive symptomology, were assessed using validated scales. Multivariable logistic regression models were performed to determine the association between food insecurity and sleep outcomes controlling for potential confounders. Mediation analyses

SUBMITTER: Na M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365528 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature