Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 142-148 , January 2008

The association between sleep and injury among school-aged children in rural China: A case–control study

  • Yingchun Li

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
    • ,
  • Huiqing Jin

      Affiliations

    • Anhui Sanlian Accident Prevention Institute, Hefei, Anhui 230081, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 551 5331916; fax: +86 551 5331922.
    • ,
  • Judith A. Owens

      Affiliations

    • Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • ,
  • Chuanlai Hu

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China

Received 1 September 2006 ,Revised 5 January 2007 ,Accepted 9 January 2007.

References 

  1. Carvalho LB, Prado LB, Silva L, et al. Cognitive dysfunction in children with sleep disorders. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2004;62:212–216
  2. Fallone G, Owens JA, Deane J. Sleepiness in children and adolescents: clinical implications. Sleep Med Rev. 2002;6:287–306
  3. Owens JA, Fernando S, Mc Guinn M. Sleep disturbance and injury risk in young children. Behav Sleep Med. 2005;3:18–31
  4. Valent F, Brusaferro S, Barbone F. A case-crossover study of sleep and childhood injury. Pediatrics. 2001;107:E23
  5. Owens JA. Introduction: culture and sleep in children. Pediatrics. 2005;115:201–203
  6. Liu X, Liu L, Owens JA, Kaplan DL. Sleep patterns and sleep problems among schoolchildren in the United States and China. Pediatrics. 2005;115:241–249
  7. Epidemiology Study Group for Children Accidental injury. Epidemiological study on children unintentional injuries in “Maternal and Child Health Project Counties in China”. Chin J Pediatr 1995;33:206–08. (in Chinese).
  8. Wei X. Current situation and prevention strategy of children accidental injury. J Dis Control Prev. 1999;3:340;(in Chinese)
  9. Zhao Z, Svanstrom L. Injury status and perspectives on developing community safety promotion in China. Health Promot Int. 2003;18:247–253
  10. Shi Y, Jiao SF, Xie J, Wang Y, Yin XJ. An epidemiological survey on the status and risk factors of accidental injury among children in the urban and rural area of Beijing. Chin J Dis Control Prev. 2004;8(6):588–590(in Chinese)
  11. Liu K, Hao YT. Analysis on risk factor of unintentional injury among 1–14 years children in Guangzhou. Chin J Public Health. 2005;21(10):1247;(in Chinese)
  12. Spilsbury JC, Storfer-Isser A, Drotar D, et al. Sleep behavior in an urban US sample of school-aged children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158(10):988–994
  13. Iglowstein I, Jenni O, Molinari L, Largo R. Sleep duration from infancy to adolescence: reference values and generational trends. Pediatrics. 2003;111(2):302–307
  14. Owens JA, Spirito A, McGuinn M. The Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ): psychometric properties of a survey instrument for school-aged children. Sleep. 2000;23:1043–1051
  15. Liu X, Liu L, Wang R. Bed sharing, sleep habits, and sleep problems among Chinese school-aged children. Sleep. 2003;26:839–844
  16. Ng DK, Kwok KL, Cheung JM, Leung SY, Chow PY, Wong WH, et al. Prevalence of sleep problems in Hong Kong primary school children: a community-based telephone survey. Chest. 2005;128(3):1315–1323
  17. Heussler HS. Common causes of sleep disruption and daytime sleepiness: childhood sleep disorders II. Med J Aust. 2005;182:484–489
  18. Golan N, Shahar E, Ravid S, Pillar G. Sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness in children with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder. Sleep. 2004;27:261–266
  19. Aronen ET, Paavonen EJ, Fjallberg M, Soininen M, Torronen J. Sleep and psychiatric symptoms in school-age children. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2000;39:502–508
  20. Chervin RD, Dillon JE, Bassetti C, Ganoczy DA, Pituch KJ. Symptoms of sleep disorders, inattention, and hyperactivity in children. Sleep. 1997;20:1185–1192
  21. Picchietti DL, Walters AS. Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder in children and adolescents: comorbidity with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 1996;5:729–740
  22. Jenni O, O’Connor B. Children’s sleep: an interplay between culture and biology. Pediatrics. 2005;115(1):204–216

☆ We acknowledge the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation funding for this study. We state there are no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1389-9457(07)00065-2

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.01.018

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 142-148 , January 2008

Article Tools