儿童睡眠及相关因素研究进展

睡眠障碍是儿童常见问题,25%~50%学龄前儿童,40%青少年有不同程度的睡眠问题。睡眠不足,睡眠问题和睡眠障碍可能导致行为问题,注意力缺乏,记忆力下降,以及精神和情绪问题。有些睡眠障碍可发展成行为神经学定义的神经认知障碍(neurocognitive dysfunction);以及引起其它生理疾病,如影响生长发育。因而有必要早期诊断,尽早采取合理治疗。目前国内对小儿睡眠相关性研究多集中在对睡眠与某些疾病关联性流行病学调查,少有对儿童睡眠常见问题相关因素的讨论。本文希望有助于在这方面的研究。

Research Development in Paediatric Sleeping Disorders and Correlates

Sleep disorders are most frequently encountered problem in paediatric clinics.About 25 ~50% pre-school-ers and 40% adolescents have various degrees of sleeping problems.It has been well-documented that inadequate sleeping and sleeping disorders are often accompanied by abnormal behaviour,hyperactivity,lack of concentration,poor memory, what has been termed neurocognitive dysfunction.Therefore,it is paramount to have early detection and appropriate thera-peutic measures and treatment.Currently,most of paediatric sleeping studies at home are concerned with epidemiology of certain medical conditions,there have been scarce publications on common clinical sleeping problems and associa-tions.This paper intends to shed some lights on the developments of sleeping disorders in children and the correlates.