Disturbed sleep: effects of sociocultural factors and illness. Issue 1 (1st January 1998)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rona, Roberto J; Li, Leah; Gulliford, Martin C; Chinn, Susan
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 78:Issue 1(1998)
• Page Start: 20
• Page End: 25
• Publication Date: 1998-01-01
• Subjects: disturbed sleep -- wheeze -- social factors in sleep disturbance; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.1.20
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-9888

Abstract

Abstract : To assess the prevalence of sleep disturbance and associated risk factors, sleep patterns were analysed in 14 372 English and Scottish children. Approximately 4% of children aged 5 experienced disturbed sleep more than once a week, but this decreased to 1% from age 9. Less than 25% of the parents with an affected child consulted a doctor. Sleep disturbance was associated with persistent wheezing compared to non-wheezing children (odds ratio 4.42; 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.17 to 6.13), and more frequent in children of Indian subcontinent descent than in white children (odds ratio 2.20; 95% CI 1.34 to 3.60), and in children whose mother reached no more than primary education compared with those with higher education (odds ratio 2.41; 95% CI 1.51 to 3.84). Sociocultural factors associated with ethnicity and respiratory illness are important risk factors for sleeping disorders in childhood.