中国东南地区幼儿的睡眠启动模式和睡眠质量:初步研究结果
Xiaoxia Lin1, Xianrui Chen2, Yanhui Chen3
1Department of Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
BMC pediatrics
|May 3, 2024
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,幼儿的睡眠模式受到父母的存在和睡前养方法的影响. 促进良好的睡眠卫生对于幼儿来说至关重要,以防止睡眠不良的习惯.
科学领域:
- 儿科睡眠医学 儿科睡眠医学
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,人们普遍面临心理困扰,影响了不同人群的睡眠健康.
- 幼儿的睡眠模式对环境变化特别敏感,但对流行病相关影响的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19大流行期间在家中被关押的中国幼儿的睡眠模式和相关因素.
- 确定特定的睡眠相关行为及其与幼儿睡眠质量相关的关系.
主要方法:
- 在2021年4月至11月期间,中国福建省对493名幼儿 (12-35个月) 的家长进行了横截面调查.
- 电子问卷收集了关于人口统计,睡眠习惯,持续时间,模式和夜间唤醒的数据,使用简要婴儿睡眠问卷 (BISQ).
主要成果:
- 大多数幼儿 (67.1%) 在父母的陪伴下开始睡觉; 13.6% 独立睡觉.
- 包括母乳养/奶瓶养或摇摆在内的睡眠启动与增加夜间觉醒和减少睡眠时间 (p <0.05) 有关.
- 严重的睡眠困难与摇入睡有关,而轻微的问题与独立的睡眠启动有关.
结论:
- 在疫情期间,幼儿在睡眠启动过程中常见的是父母的存在和潜在的电子媒体暴露.
- 为了启动睡眠,母乳/奶瓶养与夜间觉醒的增加有关,这凸显了改善睡眠卫生的必要性.
- 儿科医生应该优先教育父母关于幼儿健康睡眠的做法,以防止长期的睡眠问题.
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