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N Michels1, S De Henauw1,2, G Eiben3

  • 1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
|December 29, 2015
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The IDEFICS intervention showed a small, non-clinically significant effect on children's sleep duration. Future efforts need more targeted strategies to improve sleep in young children.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Health
  • Public Health Interventions
  • Sleep Science

Background:

  • Short sleep duration is linked to childhood overweight.
  • Primary prevention of insufficient sleep in children is lacking.
  • The IDEFICS study targeted sleep duration in a multilevel intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of the IDEFICS intervention on children's sleep duration.
  • Assess changes in sleep duration over two years.
  • Examine intervention effects on sleep environment factors like bedroom TV presence.

Main Methods:

  • A multilevel intervention included sleep duration messages for parents and children.
  • Sleep duration was measured using parental recall and diaries.
  • Mixed linear and logistic models analyzed intervention effects on sleep duration and TV presence.

Main Results:

  • A small, statistically significant intervention effect reduced the decrease in weeknight sleep duration by 4 minutes over two years.
  • No significant intervention effect was observed for weekend sleep duration or TV in the bedroom.
  • Parental awareness of the sleep intervention was reported by 51.1% in intervention regions.

Conclusions:

  • The IDEFICS sleep intervention did not yield clinically significant improvements in children's sleep duration.
  • Future interventions require more intensive and specific messaging for young children's sleep.
  • Objective sleep measures and intermediate outcomes are recommended for future research.
Abstract

Keywords:
ChildrenEuropeintervention trialsleep duration

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