在COVID-19疫情期间,幼儿园儿童的母亲报告睡眠健康
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.
概括
许多幼儿园的孩子在COVID-19疫情期间睡得很晚,但大多数人都睡得足够好. 睡眠障碍影响了三分之一的儿童, 凸显了幼儿专业人员为家庭提供支持的必要性.
科学领域:
- 儿童睡眠健康
- COVID-19 疫情的影响
- 儿童早期发展
背景情况:
- COVID-19 大流行严重扰乱了日常生活,包括儿童的日常生活.
- 了解幼儿园儿童在此期间的睡眠健康对于发展结果至关重要.
- 之前的研究还没有完全捕捉到这一群体在疫情期间的睡眠模式.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行 (2020-21) 的第一年,描述幼儿园儿童的睡眠健康状况.
- 根据学校教育形式,母亲的就业和社会人口因素来研究睡眠健康的变化.
- 确定对睡眠障碍的家庭的潜在支持领域.
主要方法:
- 采用对109名参与者的母报告调查进行的横截面研究.
- 对睡眠时间,持续时间,效率,白天警觉性和行为进行了描述性统计.
- 分析包括基于学校形式,母亲就业变化和社会人口统计学的差异.
主要成果:
- 49% 的孩子在周末晚上睡觉 (>9:00 PM),19% 的孩子在周日晚上睡觉.
- 大多数儿童都获得了足够的睡眠时间 (工作日平均10:46,周末10:51).
- 大约三分之一的受试者有睡眠障碍或睡眠障碍;根据学历,种族/族裔和收入的差异.
结论:
- 幼儿园儿童在疫情期间表现出不同的睡眠模式,睡眠时间显著晚,但通常持续时间足够长.
- 大约三分之一的儿童患有睡眠障碍,需要注意.
- 幼儿专业人员应评估和支持因流行病相关干扰而面临睡眠挑战的家庭.
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