Sarah J Schmiege, Luohua Jiang, Judith Albino, Rachel L Johnson, Anne R Wilson, Angela G Brega
Patterns of Change in Parental Health Literacy in Relation to Children's Oral Health
Health literacy research and practice
aim study investigate associations longitudinal sleep duration patterns behavioralcognitive functioning school entryhyperactivityimpulsivity hi inattention daytime sleepiness scores measured questionnaire 6 years age sample births 1997 1998 canadian province n1492 peabody picture vocabulary testrevised ppvtr administered 5 years age block design subtest wisciii administered 6 years age sleep duration reported yearly childrens mothers age 25 6 years groupbased semiparametric mixture model used estimate developmental patterns sleep duration relationships sleep duration patterns behavioral items neurodevelopmental tasks tested using weighted multivariate logistic regression models control potentially confounding psychosocial factorsfour sleep duration patterns identified short persistent 60 short increasing 4810hour persistent 503 11hour persistent 389 association short sleep duration patterns high hi scores p0001 low ppvtr performance p0002 low block design subtest performance p0004 remained significant adjusting potentially confounding variablesshortened sleep duration especially age 41 months associated externalizing problems hi lower cognitive performance neurodevelopmental tests results highlight importance giving child opportunity sleep least 10 hours per night throughout early childhood