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 Volume 7, Issue 12 (December 2020), Pages: 100-104

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Prevalence of common sleep problems in school-aged Saudi students

 Author(s): Nora Alafif *

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0273-0130

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.12.011

 Abstract:

Sleep is a complex and multi-faceted behavior. Child sleep is identified as a critical marker of health and well-being with a familiar association between sleep duration, and numerous studies have confirmed that improper sleep can lead to obesity. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of sleep problems among school-aged children in Riyadh. A total of 122 Saudi students (age range, 5–13 y) from various schools in the capital city were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Of the students recruited, 46.8% were boys, and 53.2% were girls. Baseline characteristics including, body mass index, sleeping problems, and sleep habits, recorded based on questionnaire responses to help identify problematic sleep domains in school-aged children, particularly comorbid sleep disturbances and sleep behaviors. In this study, the most common sleep problem was that the child has difficulty getting out of bed in the morning (63.1%), followed by sleeping too little (40.2%) and restless sleep and moves a lot (34.4%). This study concludes that sleep problems are prevalent among 94.4% of school-aged children (5–13 y). Future studies should be conducted with larger sample sizes. Participation by educational programs and the community is also needed. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Saudi children, School-age, Sleep problems

 Article History: Received 19 May 2020, Received in revised form 30 July 2020, Accepted 6 August 2020

 Acknowledgment:

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 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

  Alafif N (2020). Prevalence of common sleep problems in school-aged Saudi students. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(12): 100-104

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