Jornal de Pediatria
Date of Publication:
October 2024
Objective: The present study's objective is to assess whether sleep duration affects Early Childhood Development (ECD). A prospective cohort study was carried out with 278 mother-child dyads in the city of Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil, with data collection every 6 months.
Method: The data used in this study are from the third (18 months) and fourth (24 months) survey waves. Information on sleep duration was collected using the Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) and information on ECD using the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument (CREDI). Crude and adjusted regression models were run for each CREDI domain as an outcome with 5 % significance.
Citations
Castro SS, Machado MMT, Correia LL, Farias-Antúnez S, Lima PLGSB, Vasconcelos SC, Altafim ERP, and Castro MC. 2024. Effect of sleep duration on child development in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil. Jornal de Pediatria. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2024.09.002.