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Association Between Sleep and Psychomotor Development in Early Childhood
Sponsor: Universidade do Porto
Summary
Sleep is a neurophysiological active process essential for healthy physical and cognitive development. In Portugal, there is no recent and objective data on how children sleep. Given the importance of sleep in child health and development as well as the health gains achieved by establishing healthy sleep patterns since childhood, it seems extremely relevant to assess the various sleep parameters of Portuguese children and correlate them with their psychomotor and anthropometric development indicators. The results of this research work may support the implementation of sleep health education measures among parents, educators and policy makers, thus contributing to support the implementation of practices that promote sleep quality, napping until later in life as well as to promote the health of future adults.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
2 Years - 4 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
119
Start Date
2023-06-01
Completion Date
2025-12-01
Last Updated
2025-02-10
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Actigraphy
Actigraphy is a validated complementary means of diagnosis, the gold standard for the assessment of circadian rhythm.
Schedule of Growing Skills II
Assessment scale for skills in child development from 0 to 6 years.
Questionnaire Children Sleep habits
Questionnaire for assessing sleep habits, validated for the Portuguese population (4) which allows us to understand the sleep hygiene habits of the child
Melatonin evaluation
Melatonin will be measured in the first-morning urine and it is considered to be a good marker of plasma MLT level since its concentration is highly correlated with nocturnal plasma melatonin.
Locations (1)
Faculty of Medicine (FMUP)
Porto, Portugal