Association Between Sleep and Psychomotor Development in Early Childhood

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.

Conditions

• Sleep

Interventions

OTHER

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

OTHER

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.

OTHER

Actigraphy

Actigraphy is a validated complementary means of diagnosis, the gold standard for the assessment of circadian rhythm.

OTHER

Schedule of Growing Skills II

Assessment scale for skills in child development from 0 to 6 years.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centro Hospitalar De São João, E.P.E.

  collaborator OTHER

• Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde

  collaborator OTHER

• Rede de Investigação em Saúde

  collaborator OTHER

• Up2Kids Pediatric Center - Vila Nova de Gaia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• USF Saúde no Futuro - Vila Nova de Gaia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Universidade do Porto

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Elisa Keating, PhD · faculty of medicine

Eligibility

Min Age

2 Years

Max Age

4 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-06-01

Primary Completion

2025-01-31

Completion

2025-12-01

Countries

• Portugal

Study Locations