Young Children's Sleep Patterns and Problems Among Turkish Children
Condition: Child Behavior Problem
MeSH terms: Problem Behavior
Study type: Observational

Summary: 
      Sleep is important for optimal child growth, development, and family functioning. Behavioral
      pediatric insomnia is one of the most prevalent sleep disorders identified in young children.
      Well-child visits represent an important setting for addressing concerns regarding the
      child's sleep patterns and sleep problems.

      Investigators aimed to describe sleep/wake patterns of young children, evaluate the
      associations between parental depressive, and anxiety symptoms, parental involvement in
      child-care, sleep-related behaviors and children's sleep parameters.

      The study has a descriptive cross-sectional study design. An estimated sample size was 2089
      participants considering the number of children aged between 6-36 months in the country, and
      the estimated prevalence of Behavioral Insomnia being 30%. A multi-stage stratification is
      used to calculate the number of participants to be taken at the level of 12 geographical
      regions according to Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS-1). A sleep study
      group is established by the study coordinator, and researchers running a well-child
      outpatient clinic from each region across the country are included.

      Investigators invite mothers of children aged 6 to 36 months who either visited for a
      well-child outpatient clinic or in the waiting list for follow up to complete the online
      questionnaire about their children's sleep/wake patterns utilizing mailing lists obtained
      from the outpatient clinics. Recruitment will take place from April to June 2021. The
      questionnaire included Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ), Edinburgh Postnatal
      Depression Scale (EPDS) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale, and separate
      questions on fathers' involvement in child care, and sociodemographic characteristics. An
      online google survey is developed on the google platform securing data collection by a
      confidential log in system which can be filled out from smartphones, tablet or computer. The
      questionnaire takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
    

Detailed description: 
      Sleep is important for optimal child growth, development, and family functioning. Behavioral
      pediatric insomnia is one of the most prevalent sleep disorders identified in young children.
      Well-child visits represent an important setting for addressing concerns regarding the
      child's sleep patterns and sleep problems.

      Investigators aimed to describe sleep/wake patterns of young children, evaluate the
      associations between parental depressive, and anxiety symptoms, parental involvement in
      child-care, sleep-related behaviors and children's sleep parameters.

      The study has a descriptive cross-sectional study design. According to the formula for the
      known number of individuals in the universe [Sample formula with known number of individuals
      n = [Np(1-p)]/ [(d2/Z21-α/2*(N-1)+p*(1-p)], (α=0.05, p=0.32, d=0.02) the sample size to
      represent the population was found to be 2089, considering the number of children aged
      between 6-36 months in the country, and the estimated prevalence of Behavioral Insomnia being
      30%. A multi-stage stratification is used to calculate the number of participants to be taken
      at the level of 12 geographical regions according to Nomenclature of Territorial Units for
      Statistics (NUTS-1). A sleep study group is established by the study coordinator, and
      researchers running a well-child outpatient clinic from each region across the country are
      included.

      Investigators invite mothers of children aged 6 to 36 months who either visited for a
      well-child outpatient clinic or in the waiting list for follow up to complete the online
      questionnaire about their children's sleep/wake patterns utilizing mailing lists obtained
      from the outpatient clinics. Recruitment will take place from April to June 2021. The
      questionnaire included Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ), Edinburgh Postnatal
      Depression Scale (EPDS) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale, and separate
      questions on fathers' involvement in child care, and sociodemographic characteristics. An
      online google survey is developed on the google platform securing data collection by a
      confidential log in system which can be filled out from smartphones, tablet or computer. The
      questionnaire takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
    

Observational model: Other
Time perspective: Cross-Sectional
Sampling method: Probability Sample
Study population: 
        mothers of healthy infants aged between 6 to 36 months
      
Keywords: sleep; insomnia; children