Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

LIVE: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)
Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Published in: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2/2021

Open Access 01-04-2021 | Special Issue: Sleep Science

Predictors of Changes in Sleep Duration in Dutch Primary Schoolchildren: the ChecKid Study

Authors: Nina L. Komrij, Maartje M. van Stralen, Vincent Busch, Maj-Britt M. R. Inhulsen, Maaike Koning, Elske de Jong, Carry M. Renders

Published in: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 2/2021

Login to get access

Abstract

Background

Healthy sleep duration is essential to health and well-being in childhood and later life. Unfortunately, recent evidence shows a decline in sleep duration among children. Although effective interventions promoting healthy sleep duration require insight into its predictors, data on these factors are scarce. This study therefore investigated (i) which individual (lifestyle), social and cultural factors, and living conditions and (ii) which changes in these factors might be associated with the changes in sleep duration of Dutch primary schoolchildren observed over time.

Method

Data from the ChecKid study was used, a dynamic cohort study among 4–13-year-old children living in the city of Zwolle, the Netherlands. Associations between changes in sleep duration and individual (lifestyle) factors (i.e., age, sex, physical activity behavior, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, screen behavior), social and cultural factors (i.e., parental rules, ethnicity), and living conditions (i.e., parental education, presence of screens in the bedroom, household size) were analyzed using multivariable linear regression.

Results

A total of 1180 children participated, aged 6.6 ± 1.4 years in 2009. Mean sleep duration decreased from 11.4 ± 0.5 h/night in 2009 to 11.0 ± 0.5 h/night in 2012. Older children, boys, children who used screens after dinner, children with greater computer/game console use, and children whose parents had low levels of education had a greater decrease in sleep duration.

Conclusions

This article reports on one of the first large, longitudinal cohort studies on predictors of child sleep duration. The results of the study can inform future interventions aimed at promoting healthy sleep in primary schoolchildren.
Literature
1.
2.
Matricciani LA, Blunden S, Rigney G, Williams MT, Olds TS. Children’s sleep needs: is there sufficient evidence to recommend optimal sleep for children? Sleep. 2013;36:527–34.PubMedPubMedCentral
3.
Steenari MR, Vuontela V, Paavonen EJ, Carlson S, Fjällberg M, Aronen ET. Working memory and sleep in 6- to 13-year-old schoolchildren. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2003;42:85–92.PubMed
4.
Walker MP. Cognitive consequences of sleep and sleep loss. Sleep Med. 2008;9:29–34.
5.
Dewald JF, Meijer AM, Oort FJ, Kerkhof GA, Bögels SM. The influence of sleep quality, sleep duration and sleepiness on school performance in children and adolescents: a meta-analytic review. Sleep Med Rev. 2010;14:179–89.PubMed
6.
Astill RG, Van der Heijden KB, Van Ijzendoorn MH, Van Someren EJW. Sleep, cognition, and behavioral problems in school-age children: a century of research meta-analyzed. Psychol Bull. 2012;138:1109–38.PubMed
7.
Maski KP, Kothare SV. Sleep deprivation and neurobehavioral functioning in children. Int J Psychophysiol. 2013;89:259–64.PubMed
8.
Beebe DW. Cognitive, behavioral, and functional consequences of inadequate sleep in children and adolescents. Pediatr Clin N Am. 2011;58:649–65.
9.
Paavonen EJ, Räikkönen K, Lahti J, Komsi N, Heinonen K, Pesonen AK, et al. Short sleep duration and behavioral symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in healthy 7- to 8-year-old children. Pediatrics. 2009;123:857–64.
10.
Miller MA, Kruisbrink M, Wallace J, Ji C, Cappuccio FP. Sleep duration and incidence of obesity in infants, children, and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Sleep. 2018;41:1–19.
11.
Fatima Y, Doi SAR, Mamun AA. Longitudinal impact of sleep on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and bias-adjusted meta-analysis. Obes Rev. 2015;16:137–49.PubMed
12.
Hirshkowitz M, Whiton K, Albert SM, Alessi C, Bruni O, DonCarlos L, et al. National Sleep Foundation’s sleep time duration recommendations: methodology and results summary. Sleep Health. 2015;1:40–3.PubMed
13.
Matricciani LA, Olds TS, Blunden S, Rigney G, Williams MT. Never enough sleep: a brief history of sleep recommendations for children. Pediatrics. 2012;129:548–56.PubMed
14.
Short MA, Blunden S, Rigney G, Matricciani L, Coussens S, Reynolds CM, et al. Cognition and objectively measured sleep duration in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Health. 2018;4:292–300.PubMed
15.
Bartholomew Elredge LK, Markham CM, Ruiter RAC, Fernández ME, Kok G, Parcel GS. Planning health promotion programs: an intervention mapping approach. 4th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; 2016.
16.
Dahlgren G, Whitehead M. Policies and strategies to promote social equity in health. Stockholm: Institute for Futures Studies; 1991.
17.
Thorleifsdottir B, Björnsson JK, Benediktsdottir B, Gislason T, Kristbjarnarson H. Sleep and sleep habits from childhood to young adulthood over a 10-year period. J Psychosom Res. 2002;53:529–37.PubMed
18.
Blair PS, Humphreys JS, Gringras P, Taheri S, Scott N, Emond A, et al. Childhood sleep duration and associated demographic characteristics in an English cohort. Sleep. 2012;35:353–60.PubMedPubMedCentral
19.
Arman AR, Ay P, Fis NP, Ersu R, Topuzoglu A, Isik U, et al. Association of sleep duration with socio-economic status and behavioural problems among schoolchildren. Acta Paediatr. 2011;100:420–4.PubMed
20.
Hjorth MF, Chaput JP, Michaelsen K, Astrup A, Tetens I, Sjödin A. Seasonal variation in objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time, cardio-respiratory fitness and sleep duration among 8-11 year-old Danish children: a repeated-measures study. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:808.PubMedPubMedCentral
21.
22.
Hale L, Guan S. Screen time and sleep among school-aged children and adolescents: a systematic literature review. Sleep Med Rev. 2015;21:50–8.PubMed
23.
Cain N, Gradisar M. Electronic media use and sleep in school-aged children and adolescents: a review. Sleep Med. 2010;11:735–42.PubMed
24.
Belmon LS, Van Stralen MM, Busch V, Hamsen IA, Chinapaw MJM. What are the determinants of children’s sleep behavior? A systematic review of longitudinal studies. Sleep Med Rev. 2019;43:60–70.PubMed
25.
Chaput JP, Tremblay MS, Katzmarzyk PT, Fogelholm M, Hu G, Maher C, et al. Sleep patterns and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among children from around the world. Public Health Nutr. 2018;21:2385–93.PubMed
26.
Martinez SM, Tschann J, Butte NF, Gregorich SE, Penilla C, Flores E, et al. Sleep duration in Mexican American children: do mothers’ and fathers’ parenting and family practices play a role? J Sleep Res. 2019;28:e12784.PubMed
27.
Gentile DA, Reimer RA, Nathanson AI, Walsh DA, Eisenmann JC. Protective effects of parental monitoring of Children’s media use: a prospective study. JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168:479–84.PubMed
28.
Van Litsenburg RRL, Waumans RC, Van den Berg G, Gemke RJBJ. Sleep habits and sleep disturbances in Dutch children: a population-based study. Eur J Pediatr. 2010;169:1009–15.PubMedPubMedCentral
29.
Anujuo KO, Vrijkotte TGM, Stronks K, Jean-Louis G, Agyemang CO. Ethnic differences in sleep duration at 5 years, and its relationship with overweight and blood pressure. Eur J Pub Health. 2016;26:1001–6.
30.
Labree LJW, Van de Mheen H, Rutten FFH, Rodenburg G, Koopmans GT, Foets M. Sleep duration differences between children of migrant and native origins. J Public Health. 2015;23:149–56.PubMed
31.
Bagley EJ, Kelly RJ, Buckhalt JA, El-Sheikh M. What keeps low-SES children from sleeping well: the role of presleep worries and sleep environment. Sleep Med. 2015;16:496–502.PubMed
32.
Jones CHD, Ball H. Exploring socioeconomic differences in bedtime behaviours and sleep duration in English preschool children. Infant Child Dev. 2014;23:518–31.PubMedPubMedCentral
33.
Owens JA, Jones C. Parental knowledge of healthy sleep in young children: results of a primary care clinic survey. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2011;32:447–53.PubMed
34.
Jarrin DC, McGrath JJ, Quon EC. Objective and subjective socioeconomic gradients exist for sleep in children and adolescents. Health Psychol. 2014;33:301–5.PubMed
35.
Mindell JA, Meltzer LJ, Carskadon MA, Chervin RD. Developmental aspects of sleep hygiene: findings from the 2004 National Sleep Foundation sleep in America poll. Sleep Med. 2009;10:771–9.PubMed
36.
Grandner MA, Jackson NJ, Izci-Balserak B, Gallagher RA, Murray-Bachmann R, Williams NJ, et al. Social and behavioral determinants of perceived insufficient sleep. Front Neurol. 2015;6:1–14.
37.
Oka Y, Suzuki S, Inoue Y. Bedtime activities, sleep environment, and sleep/wake patterns of Japanese elementary school children. Behav Sleep Med. 2008;6:220–33.PubMed
38.
Hense S, Pohlabeln H, De Henauw S, Eiben G, Molnar D, Moreno LA, et al. Sleep duration and overweight in European children: is the association modified by geographic region? Sleep. 2011;34:885–90.PubMedPubMedCentral
39.
De Jong E, Schokker DF, Visscher TLS, Seidell JC, Renders CM. Behavioural and socio-demographic characteristics of Dutch neighbourhoods with high prevalence of childhood obesity. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011;6:298–305.PubMed
40.
De Vries SI, Bakker I, Van Overbeek K, Boer ND, Hopman-Rock M. Kinderen in prioriteitswijken: lichamelijke (in)activiteit en overgewicht [Children in priority-neighbourhoods: physical (in)actvity and overweight]. TNO, Quality of Life: Leiden; 2005.
41.
Singh AS, Chin A, Paw MJM, Kremers SPJ, Visscher TLS, Brug J, et al. Design of the Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (NRG-DOiT): systematic development, implementation and evaluation of a school-based intervention aimed at the prevention of excessive weight gain in adolescents. BMC Public Health. 2006;6:304.PubMedPubMedCentral
42.
Sekine M, Chen X, Hamanishi S, Wang H, Yamagami T, Kagamimori S. The validity of sleeping hours of healthy young children as reported by their parents. J Epidemiol. 2002;12:237–42.PubMed
43.
Combs D, Goodwin JL, Quan SF, Morgan WJ, Hsu CH, Edgin JO, et al. Mother knows best? comparing child report and parent report of sleep parameters with polysomnography. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019;15:111–7.PubMedPubMedCentral
44.
Twisk JWR. Applied Longitidunal data analysis for epidemiology: a practical guide. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2013.
45.
46.
Field A. Discovering statistics using SPSS (and sex and drugs and rock “n” roll). 3rd ed. London: SAGE Publications; 2009.
47.
Nuutinen T, Ray C, Roos E. Do computer use, TV viewing, and the presence of the media in the bedroom predict school-aged children’s sleep habits in a longitudinal study? BMC Public Health. 2013;13:684.PubMedPubMedCentral
48.
Iglowstein I, Jenni OG, Molinari L, Largo RH. Sleep duration from infancy to adolescence: reference values and generational trends. Pediatrics. 2003;111:302–7.PubMed
49.
Jenni OG, Molinari L, Caflisch JA, Largo RH. Sleep duration from ages 1 to 10 years: variability and stability in comparison with growth. Pediatrics. 2007;120:769–76.
50.
Mishra A, Pandey RK, Minz A, Arora V. Sleeping habits among school children and their effects on sleep pattern. J Caring Sci. 2017;6:315–23.PubMedPubMedCentral
51.
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;128:1315–23.PubMed
52.
Meltzer LJ, Montgomery-Downs HE. Sleep in the family. Pediatr Clin N Am. 2011;58:765–74.
53.
Nixon GM, Thompson JMD, Han DY, Becroft DM, Clark PM, Robinson E, et al. Short sleep duration in middle childhood: risk factors and consequences. Sleep. 2008;31:71–8.PubMedPubMedCentral
54.
Endendijk JJ, Groeneveld MG, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, Mesman J. Gender-differentiated parenting revisited: meta-analysis reveals very few differences in parental control of boys and girls. PLoS One. 2016;11:e0159193.PubMedPubMedCentral
55.
Valkenburg PM, Piortrowski JT. Plugged in: how media attract and affect youth. New Haven and London: Yale University Press; 2017.
56.
Wood B, Rea MS, Plitnick B, Figueiro MG. Light level and duration of exposure determine the impact of self-luminous tablets on melatonin suppression. Appl Ergon. 2013;44:237–40.PubMed
57.
Walker MP. Why we sleep: the new science of sleep and dreams. New York: Allen Lane; 2017.
58.
Van den Bulck J. Is television bad for your health? Behavior and body image of the adolescent “couch potato.”. J Youth Adolesc. 2000;29:273–88.
59.
Exelmans L, Van den Bulck J. Sleep research: a primer for media scholars. Health Commun. 2019;34:519–28.PubMed
60.
Bjelland M, Soenens B, Bere E, Kovács É, Lien N, Maes L, et al. Associations between parental rules, style of communication and children’s screen time. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:1002.PubMedPubMedCentral
61.
Xu H, Wen LM, Rissel C. Associations of parental influences with physical activity and screen time among young children: a systematic review. J Obes. 2015;2015:546925.
62.
Nieminen T, Prättälä R, Martelin T, Härkänen T, Hyyppä MT, Alanen E, et al. Social capital, health behaviours and health: a population-based associational study. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:613.PubMedPubMedCentral
63.
Grandner MA, Patel NP, Gehrman PR, Xie D, Sha D, Weaver T, et al. Who gets the best sleep? Ethnic and socioeconomic factors related to sleep complaints. Sleep Med. 2010;11:470–8.PubMedPubMedCentral
64.
Marco CA, Wolfson AR, Sparling M, Azuaje A. Family socioeconomic status and sleep patterns of young adolescents. Behav Sleep Med. 2012;10:70–80.
65.
66.
Buckhalt JA, El-sheikh M, Keller PS, Kelly RJ. Concurrent and longitudinal relations between children’s sleep and cognitive functioning: the moderating role of parent education. Child Dev. 2009;80:875–92.PubMed
67.
Bagley E, Fuller-Rowell TE, Saini EK, Philbrook LE, El-Sheikh M. Neighborhood economic deprivation and social fragmentation: associations with children’s sleep. Behav Sleep Med. 2018;16:542–52.PubMed
68.
Pesonen AK, Sjöstén NM, Matthews KA, Heinonen K, Martikainen S, Kajantie E, et al. Temporal associations between daytime physical activity and sleep in children. PLoS One. 2011;6:e22958.PubMedPubMedCentral
69.
Sampasa-Kanyinga H, Hamilton HA, Chaput JP. Sleep duration and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and energy drinks among adolescents. Nutrition. 2018;48:77–81.PubMed
70.
De Ruiter I, Olmedo-Requena R, Sánchez-Cruz JJ, Jiménez-Moleón JJ. Changes in sleep duration in Spanish children aged 2–14 years from 1987 to 2011. Sleep Med. 2016;21:145–50.PubMed
71.
Xu H, Wen LM, Hardy LL, Rissel C. Associations of outdoor play and screen time with nocturnal sleep duration and pattern among young children. Acta Paediatr. 2016;105:297–303.
72.
Magee CA, Gordon R, Caputi P. Distinct developmental trends in sleep duration during early childhood. Pediatrics. 2014;133:1561–7.
73.
Rutter H, Savona N, Glonti K, Bibby J, Cummins S, Finegood DT, et al. The need for a complex systems model of evidence for public health. Lancet. 2017;390:2602–4.PubMed
Metadata
Title
Predictors of Changes in Sleep Duration in Dutch Primary Schoolchildren: the ChecKid Study
Authors
Nina L. Komrij
Maartje M. van Stralen
Vincent Busch
Maj-Britt M. R. Inhulsen
Maaike Koning
Elske de Jong
Carry M. Renders
Publication date
01-04-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 2/2021
Print ISSN: 1070-5503
Electronic ISSN: 1532-7558
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-020-09876-7

Other articles of this Issue 2/2021

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2/2021 Go to the issue

Special Issue: Sleep Science

Sleep Duration and Quality in Relation to Fruit and Vegetable Intake of US Young Adults: a Secondary Analysis

Special Issue: Sleep Science

Furthering the Focus on Translational Sleep Science in Behavioral Medicine

Special Issue: Sleep Science

Demographic, Pregnancy-Related, and Health-Related Factors in Association with Changes in Sleep Among Pregnant Women with Overweight or Obesity

Special Issue: Sleep Science

Associations Among Sleep and Cancer Risk Behaviors: a Scoping Review of Experimental Studies in Healthy Adult Populations

Special Issue: Sleep Science

Social Psychological Predictors of Sleep Hygiene Behaviors in Australian and Hong Kong University Students

Special Issue: Sleep Science

Insomnia, Psychosocial Well-Being, and Weight Control Behaviors Among Healthy-Weight Adolescent Females: Brief Report