Sleep Habits of Early School-Aged Children with Type 1 Diabetes and Their Parents: Family Characteristics and Diabetes Management.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

School-aged children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their parents are at risk for sleep disturbances, yet few studies have used objective measures to assess sleep characteristics in young children with T1D.

Methods

Forty children (ages 5-9) with T1D and their parents wore actigraph watches and completed sleep diaries for 7 nights. Parents also completed questionnaires about demographic information, diabetes distress, fear of hypoglycemia, and family routines. Children's clinical data (HbA1c and blood glucose data) were extracted from the medical record.

Results

Most of the children and their parents obtained insufficient sleep. Based on actigraphy data, children slept an average of 7.9 hours/night and parents slept 6.7 hours/night, below the recommend

SUBMITTER: Morrow T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8943443 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature