Children sleep habits and their knowledge during COVID-19: the impact on quality of life
Abstract Background Amid the coronavirus crisis, many aspects of children's lives had been compromised, among which were their sleep habits. The current study aimed to examine children's sleep habits and the children's knowledge of the pandemic and its impact on their quality of life...
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| author | Mustafa M. Hashem Shimaa Mohammad Yousof Heba S. Tesen Alaa Ghanem Ahmed Fatma Fawzy Rofida Elsemelawy Menna Essam Hafez Ahmed Esmail Elsayed Amer Jaidaa F. Mekky |
| author_facet | Mustafa M. Hashem Shimaa Mohammad Yousof Heba S. Tesen Alaa Ghanem Ahmed Fatma Fawzy Rofida Elsemelawy Menna Essam Hafez Ahmed Esmail Elsayed Amer Jaidaa F. Mekky |
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| description | Abstract Background Amid the coronavirus crisis, many aspects of children's lives had been compromised, among which were their sleep habits. The current study aimed to examine children's sleep habits and the children's knowledge of the pandemic and its impact on their quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using observational cross-sectional analysis based on web-based questionnaires and face-to-face interviews, Parents completed the children's sleep habits questionnaire (CSHQ) and the pediatric quality of life inventory (PedsQL-P), and the questionnaire regarding their children's knowledge about COVID-19. Results Among the total sample (n = 259), Children below the age of 6 (n = 52) showed statistically significant higher scores in the bedtime resistance, delayed sleep onset, and sleep anxiety subscales, while those older than the age of 12 (n = 50) showed a higher score in the sleep duration problem subscale and lower scores of physical, emotional and psychological functions. Finally, (71.4%) of the study population showed a high level of knowledge about the infectivity of the coronavirus and the fact that it is a pandemic. Conclusions Sleep problems are common among Egyptian children during the COVID-19 pandemic and have a significant impact on their quality of life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a4f2ee38e7e4040a0bd0f4c8944715d2023-07-09T11:09:17ZengSpringerOpenThe Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery1687-83292023-07-0159111210.1186/s41983-023-00693-9Children sleep habits and their knowledge during COVID-19: the impact on quality of lifeMustafa M. Hashem0Shimaa Mohammad Yousof1Heba S. Tesen2Alaa Ghanem Ahmed3Fatma Fawzy4Rofida Elsemelawy5Menna Essam Hafez6Ahmed Esmail Elsayed Amer7Jaidaa F. Mekky8Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut UniversityPhysiology Department, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz UniversityFaculty of Medicine, Ain Shams UniversityFaculty of Medicine, Assiut UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig UniversityElmamoura Psychiatric HospitalFaculty of Medicine, Suez Canal UniversityFaculty of Medicine, Ain Shams UniversityDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria UniversityAbstract Background Amid the coronavirus crisis, many aspects of children's lives had been compromised, among which were their sleep habits. The current study aimed to examine children's sleep habits and the children's knowledge of the pandemic and its impact on their quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using observational cross-sectional analysis based on web-based questionnaires and face-to-face interviews, Parents completed the children's sleep habits questionnaire (CSHQ) and the pediatric quality of life inventory (PedsQL-P), and the questionnaire regarding their children's knowledge about COVID-19. Results Among the total sample (n = 259), Children below the age of 6 (n = 52) showed statistically significant higher scores in the bedtime resistance, delayed sleep onset, and sleep anxiety subscales, while those older than the age of 12 (n = 50) showed a higher score in the sleep duration problem subscale and lower scores of physical, emotional and psychological functions. Finally, (71.4%) of the study population showed a high level of knowledge about the infectivity of the coronavirus and the fact that it is a pandemic. Conclusions Sleep problems are common among Egyptian children during the COVID-19 pandemic and have a significant impact on their quality of life.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-023-00693-9ChildrenSleepQuality of lifeCOVID-19CoronavirusChildren's sleep habits questionnaire |
| spellingShingle | Mustafa M. Hashem Shimaa Mohammad Yousof Heba S. Tesen Alaa Ghanem Ahmed Fatma Fawzy Rofida Elsemelawy Menna Essam Hafez Ahmed Esmail Elsayed Amer Jaidaa F. Mekky Children sleep habits and their knowledge during COVID-19: the impact on quality of life The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery Children Sleep Quality of life COVID-19 Coronavirus Children's sleep habits questionnaire |
| title | Children sleep habits and their knowledge during COVID-19: the impact on quality of life |
| title_full | Children sleep habits and their knowledge during COVID-19: the impact on quality of life |
| title_fullStr | Children sleep habits and their knowledge during COVID-19: the impact on quality of life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Children sleep habits and their knowledge during COVID-19: the impact on quality of life |
| title_short | Children sleep habits and their knowledge during COVID-19: the impact on quality of life |
| title_sort | children sleep habits and their knowledge during covid 19 the impact on quality of life |
| topic | Children Sleep Quality of life COVID-19 Coronavirus Children's sleep habits questionnaire |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-023-00693-9 |
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