Who meets national early childhood sleep guidelines in Aotearoa New Zealand? A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis

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dc.citation.volume3
dc.contributor.authorMuller D
dc.contributor.authorSantos-Fernández E
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy J
dc.contributor.authorCarr H
dc.contributor.authorSignal TL
dc.date.available2022-01-16
dc.date.issued2022-01-16
dc.description.abstractStudy Objectives: To investigate the proportion of children in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) who do or do not meet sleep duration and sleep quality guidelines at 24 and 45 months of age and associated sociodemographic factors. Methods: Participants were children (n = 6490) from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study of child development with sleep data available at 24 and/or 45 months of age (48.2% girls, 51.8% boys; 22.4% Māori [the Indigenous people of NZ], 12.9% Pacific, 13.4% Asian, 45.2% European/Other). Relationships between sociodemographic factors and maternally reported child sleep duration (across 24 hours) and night wakings were investigated cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Estimates of children in NZ meeting sleep guidelines were calculated using a range of analytical techniques including Bayesian linear regression, negative binomial multiple regression, and growth curve models. Results: In NZ, 29.8% and 19.5% of children were estimated to have a high probability of not meeting sleep duration guidelines and 15.4% and 8.3% were estimated to have a high probability of not meeting night waking guidelines at 24 and 45 months respectively, after controlling for multiple sociodemographic variables. Factors associated cross-sectionally with children’s sleep included ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, material standard of living, rurality, and heavy traffic, and longitudinal sleep trajectories differed by gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic deprivation. Conclusions: A considerable proportion of young children in NZ have a high probability of not meeting sleep guidelines but this declines across the ages of 24 and 45 months. Sleep health inequities exist as early as 24 months of age in NZ.
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dc.identifier.citationSleep Advances, 2022, 3 (1), pp. 1 - 11
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/sleepadvances/zpac002
dc.identifier.elements-id452597
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherOxford University Press on behalf of the Sleep Research Society (SRS)
dc.relation.isPartOfSleep Advances
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dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subjectchild/children
dc.subjectbehavioral sleep medicine
dc.subjectpediatrics
dc.subjectpediatrics—sleep and arousal
dc.titleWho meets national early childhood sleep guidelines in Aotearoa New Zealand? A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis
dc.typeJournal article
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