Sleep and mental health in childhood: a multi-method study in the general pediatric population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep problems, altered sleep patterns and mental health difficulties often co-occur in the pediatric population. Different assessment methods for sleep exist, however, many studies only use one measure of sleep or focus on one specific mental health problem. In this population-based study, we assessed different aspects of sleep and mother-reported mental health to provide a broad overview of the associations between reported and actigraphic sleep characteristics and mental health.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included 788 children 10-11-year-old children (52.5% girls) and 344 13-14-year-old children (55.2% girls). Mothers and children reported on the sleep of the child and wrist actigraphy was used to assess the child's sleep patterns and 24 h activity rhyt

SUBMITTER: Blok E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851725 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature