Hiroto Ogi|Daisuke Nakamura|Masato Ogawa|Teruhiko Nakamura|Kazuhiro P. Izawa
Associations between Parents’ Health Literacy and Sleeping Hours in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study
Kobe University|Kobe University|Kobe University Hospital|Kobe University|Kobe University
sleep preschool children important factor health active lives lack adequate sleep preschool children serious public problem japan relationship health literacy hl health status well recognized purpose study investigate association sleep duration preschool children hl parentsin present study participants preschool children 36 years parents assessed hl parents 14item health literacy scale hls14 questionnaire sleep duration children reported parents divided parents two groups according hls14 score analyzed childrens sleeping time separatelydata 279 parents children ultimately analyzed high hl group comprised 210 families 753 low hl group comprised 69 families 247 average childrens sleep duration significantly longer high hl group 95 09 h low hl group 91 11 h p 0013 positive correlation found low hl group parents hl childrens sleeping times p 001 r 032 difference significant high hl group p 098 r 00009the hl parents appears affect childrens sleep duration suggesting parental hl may appropriate target interventions aiming lengthen childrens sleeping time