Childhood sleep: physical, cognitive, and behavioral consequences and implications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep problems in children have been increasingly recognized as a major public health issue. Previous research has extensively studied and presented many risk factors and potential mechanisms for children's sleep problems. In this paper, we aimed to identify and summarize the consequences and implications of child sleep problems.

Data sources

A comprehensive search for relevant English language full-text, peer-reviewed publications was performed focusing on pediatric sleep studies from prenatal to childhood and adolescence in a variety of indexes in PubMed, SCOPUS, and Psych Info published in the past two decades. Both relevant data-based articles and systematic reviews are included.

Results

Many adverse consequences are associated with child sleep deficien

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685105 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature