Session
Psychology
Description
It is essential to study the impact of the pandemic in children referring to the sleep disturbances, having in consideration that they may trigger neurobehavioral disorders or increase the frequency of occurrence of a present, existent disease. The effect on sleep in elementary school age, healthy children during the pandemic has been studied in various online survey studies with varied conclusions. Hence we believed that there is a need to comprehensively study the repercussions of the pandemic and the safety measures on children’s sleep hygiene. This study provides us with the opportunity to conceive a general idea about children’s sleep quality or sleep disruptions that will be used as guidelines on lifestyle behavior recommendations and psychotherapeutic approaches for the children.
No research study has been conducted in our country to examine the impact of the pandemic on the prevalence of sleep problems among the elementary school age children therefore the present study is focused on exploring the sleep patterns, sleep disturbances and other associated factors during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in elementary school children.
From the research we were able to come to conclusions that children age 7-8, are more prone to experiencing few sleep subscales that relate to common sleep problems such as: bedtime resistance, sleep anxiety, night waking, and parasomnia while children at age 10-11 would perform more sleep onset delays than younger ones. Sleep anxiety correlates positively and impacts the bedtime resistance significantly, and children who have night waking sleep issues are those who also suffer more from parasomnia sleep symptoms.
Keywords:
children mental health, sleep patterns, sleep health, sleep disruptions, COVID-19.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-47-5
First Page
1
Last Page
11
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
30-10-2021 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2021 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2021.269
Recommended Citation
Beluli, Nita, "IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON CHILDRENS SLEEP HYGIENE" (2021). UBT International Conference. 280.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2021UBTIC/all-events/280
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IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON CHILDRENS SLEEP HYGIENE
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
It is essential to study the impact of the pandemic in children referring to the sleep disturbances, having in consideration that they may trigger neurobehavioral disorders or increase the frequency of occurrence of a present, existent disease. The effect on sleep in elementary school age, healthy children during the pandemic has been studied in various online survey studies with varied conclusions. Hence we believed that there is a need to comprehensively study the repercussions of the pandemic and the safety measures on children’s sleep hygiene. This study provides us with the opportunity to conceive a general idea about children’s sleep quality or sleep disruptions that will be used as guidelines on lifestyle behavior recommendations and psychotherapeutic approaches for the children.
No research study has been conducted in our country to examine the impact of the pandemic on the prevalence of sleep problems among the elementary school age children therefore the present study is focused on exploring the sleep patterns, sleep disturbances and other associated factors during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in elementary school children.
From the research we were able to come to conclusions that children age 7-8, are more prone to experiencing few sleep subscales that relate to common sleep problems such as: bedtime resistance, sleep anxiety, night waking, and parasomnia while children at age 10-11 would perform more sleep onset delays than younger ones. Sleep anxiety correlates positively and impacts the bedtime resistance significantly, and children who have night waking sleep issues are those who also suffer more from parasomnia sleep symptoms.