Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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Abstract
Sleep problems are common and yet their recognition, diagnosis and treatment are not a regular part of healthcare evaluation and education. Childhood is characterized by considerable changes in the organization, timing and structure of sleep with high incidence of sleep problem. Chronic sleep problems are also common affecting 30% of children. Chronic sleep related problems are known to have negative effects on family, children’s academic performance, neurocognitive as well as behavioral performance. Despite of relatively high prevalence of sleep disorder rate and potential for day time sequel, chronic sleep problems in children are reportedly under diagnosed. Methodology‐ The study was conducted at tertiary care center for a period of 18 months. The sample size taken for this study was 200 participants (parents of children between age group 1‐18 years). Sleep disturbance scale for children [SDSC] questionnaire was prepared in the understandable language and were distributed to parents and instructed to read questionnaire and observe sleep pattern for one week before answering it. Results‐ There were 53% male children and 47% were female children. 145 (72.5%) out of 200 children had one or more sleep disorders. The 85 (42.5%) children had single sleep disorder, 13 (6.5%) children had two sleep disorders and 2 (1.5%) children had three sleep disorders. None of the children had Tscore suggestive of clinically significant Total Sleep Disorder. The T‐score was Borderline for Total Sleep Disorder in 32(16%) of children in this study. Sleep hyperhydrosis 1(0.5%) was found in 13‐15 years age group only. Conclusion‐ No significant association between individual sleep disorder and gender was found. Significant association was found between DOA and age group 13‐15 years. The present study showed that the proportion of sleep disorder was more in children who slept in the same room with parents.
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Ashwini G. Kendre, Nilesh B. Belsare, Madhuri Kulkarni, Nikita D. Shah, Jyoti Chaudhary, Purnima Purohit and Bakjhtawar Khambatta. To Study Sleep Disorder in Children and Adolescents.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.11.5.11
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