COVID-19 パンデミック中の幼稚園児の母親による睡眠健康報告
Khara L P Turnbull1, Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch2, Stephen Kerr3
1School of Education and Human Development, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States.
まとめ
多くの幼稚園児はCOVID-19のパンデミックで遅く寝ていましたが,大半は十分な睡眠をとりました. 睡眠障害は 子供の3分の"に 影響を及ぼし 幼稚園の専門家が 家族を支援する必要性を 強調しています
科学分野:
- 小児 睡眠 健康
- COVID-19 パンデミックの影響
- 幼児期 の 発達
背景:
- COVID-19 パンデミックは,子供たちの日常生活を含め,日常生活を大幅に混乱させました.
- 幼稚園児の睡眠状態を理解することは 発達に極めて重要です
- 以前の研究では,この集団の睡眠パターンがパンデミック期間中に完全に把握できませんでした.
研究 の 目的:
- COVID-19 パンデミック (2020-21年) の最初の完全な学年における幼稚園児の睡眠健康について説明する.
- 学校の形式,母親の雇用,社会人口学的要因に基づいて睡眠の健康の変動を調査する.
- 睡眠障害を抱える家族を 支援する分野を特定する
主な方法:
- 109人の参加者を対象とした母報告調査を用いた横断的な研究.
- 睡眠時間,持続時間,効率性,昼間の覚醒度,および行動に関する記述的統計が計算されました.
- 分析には,学校教育形式,母親の雇用の変化,社会人口統計学に基づく差異の検討が含まれていました.
主要な成果:
- 子供の49%は週末の遅い寝時間 (>午後9時) と,19%は平日の遅い寝時間でした.
- ほとんどの子供は十分な睡眠期間 (週中10時46分,週末10時51分) を達成しました.
- 約3分の1が睡眠障害や障害を経験し,学校教育形態,人種/民族,収入によって差異が指摘されています.
結論:
- 幼稚園児の睡眠パターンはパンデミック期間中に様々で,寝る時間が遅かったが,通常は十分な期間であった.
- 睡眠障害は約3分の1の子供に多く見られ,注意が必要でした.
- 幼稚園の専門家は,パンデミックに関連した睡眠障害に直面している家族を評価し,支援すべきである.
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