Nonpharmacological Interventions to Lengthen Sleep Duration in Healthy Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adequate sleep duration is necessary for many aspects of child health, development, and well-being, yet sleep durations for children are declining, and effective strategies to increase sleep in healthy children remain to be elucidated.

Objective

To determine whether nonpharmaceutical interventions to improve sleep duration in healthy children are effective and to identify the key components of these interventions.

Data sources

CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science Core collection, ClinicalTrials.gov, and WHO trials databases were searched from inception to November 15, 2021.

Study selection

Randomized clinical trials of interventions to improve sleep duration in healthy children were independently screened by 2 researchers. A total of 28

SUBMITTER: Magee L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9468945 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature