Impact of television on the quality of sleep in preschool children.
Sleep Med
; 20: 140-4, 2016 04.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to investigate the impact of different habits concerning television (TV) use and the time of day in which TV is watched on the sleep quality of young children.METHODS:
Parents of 100 healthy children (58% boys, mean age of 2.7 ± 1.5 years) attending a routine health check completed the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) and a questionnaire concerning TV and electronic media use. Children were divided into those with a normal (SDSC-) or abnormal (SDSC+) questionnaire score. TV viewing habits were compared between groups.RESULTS:
The total sleep time and total TV viewing time were not different between groups. A TV set was inside each child's bedroom in 51% of participants. Children with a TV in their bedroom showed significantly higher scores in the "sleep terrors," "nightmares," "sleep talking," and "tired when waking up" responses of the SDSC (P = 0.02, 0.01, 0.01, and 0.01, respectively). Children with a TV in their room had an odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of 3.29 (1.08-9.99) for having an abnormal SDSC. Evening TV viewers had significantly higher SDSC scores compared with those who watched TV earlier during the day (P = 0.04).CONCLUSIONS:
The presence of a TV set in the child's bedroom was associated with significant reductions in the quality of young children's sleep. Evening exposure to TV was associated with significantly worse sleep quality.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sono
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Transtornos do Sono-Vigília
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Televisão
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article