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KMID : 0605720090150010080
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Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2009 Volume.15 No. 1 p.80 ~ p.87
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Regional Social and Environmental Factors Related to Children’s Sleep Patterns
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Choi Yong-Lak
Seo Wan-Seok
Sung Hyung-Mo
Koo Bon-Hoon
Kim Kyung-Keun
Kim So-Yeun
Choi So-Jeong
Lee Jong-Hun
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Abstract
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Objectives：This study was conducted to investigate various social and environmental factors related to children’s sleep and to know how these factors may affect sleep duration and patterns.
Methods：Total 2,958 students of three elementary school in Daegu, Korea were enrolled in this study. We investigated various factors related to children’s sleep using Sleep questionnaires for Korean Children(SKC) for two days. The factors that we investigated were classified into sleep-related factors, daily life factors, environmental factors. We also evaluated correlations between these factors and children’s sleep duration.
Results：When identifying various factors related to children’s sleep in three elementary school groups, group A showed significantly later bedtime(F=103.683, p＜.001), longer sleep latency(F=6.30, p＜.05), shorter total sleep duration(F=5.93, p＜.05), and shorter nap duration(F=141.94, p＜.001) compared to other group B and C. Also, group A showed significantly earlier time of returning home(F=71.073, p＜.001), shorter amount of TV viewing (F=108.45, p＜.001), earlier time of stopping TV viewing(F=24.01, p＜.001), shorter amount of computer use(F=67.10, p＜.001), earlier time of attending school(F=5.40, p＜.05), longer hours in private institute(F=15.57, p＜.001), smaller number of family(F=11.00, p＜.001), longer father’s years of education(F=311.82, p＜.001), and longer mother’s years of education(F=334.87, p＜.001) compared to other two groups.
Conclusion：Group A was associated with late bedtime, long sleep latency, short total sleep duration despite relatively short nap duration, short amount of TV viewing, short amount of computer use, early time of stopping TV viewing, small number of family, long mother’s years of education. This result suggests that total amount of hours in private institute and parents’ academic demands might be a contributing factor for children’s sleep duration.
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KEYWORD
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Child, Sleep duration, Environmental factor
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