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KMID : 0363420130270030065
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2013 Volume.27 No. 3 p.65 ~ p.73
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A Clinical Analysis of Sleep Disorders in Korean Children and Adolescence Visiting the Korean Medicine Hospital
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Lee Jin-Hwa
Han Jae-Kyung
Kim Yun-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical characteristics of sleep disorders in childhood and
adolescence.
Methods: The subjects were composed of 308 children who visited the department of pediatrics, ○○ korean medicine
hospital from January 2010 to May 2013.
Results: 1. Among 308 patients, there were 188 boys and 120 girls; their ratio was 1.57:1. The age distribution showed that 38.3% were in the age less than 1 years, 38.0% in 1 years, 7.8% in 2 years, 5.2% in 3 years, 3.3% in 4~5 years, 4.5% in 6~10 years, 2.9% in 19~21 years. 2. It was found that 36.7% of the sleep disorder was caused without motivation, 17.2% caused by negligent accidents, 13.9% by traffic accidents, 10.4% by the unfamiliar environment, 8.1% by separation from parents, 7.5% after suffering disease, and 6.2% by irritating sound. 3. The sleep onset insomnia accounts for 17.2% of sleep disorder, sleep maintenance insomnia for 67.5%, poor sleep quality 24.4%, and daytime sleep disorder takes 19.8%. The ratio of sleep onset insomnia in adolescence comprises larger proportion (44.4%) than it of any other age groups. 4. The symptoms complicated with sleep disorder are the respiratory infection which takes 25.3%, being easily startled 18.2%, anorexia 14.6%, soft stools frequency 13.0%, greenish stools 10.7%, and skin rash 10.7%.
Conclusions: The causes of sleep disorders, changes of sleeping patterns, and complicated diseases show diversity in children and adolescence. Further study of sleep disorders in children and adolescence should be progressed as well.
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KEYWORD
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Children and Adolescence, Sleep disorder, Night crying , Sleep onset insomnia, Sleep maintenance insomnia, Poor sleep quality
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