skip to main content
Language:
Search Limited to: Search Limited to: Resource type Show Results with: Show Results with: Search type Index

0253 Residence Type And Sleep Quality In Preschoolers: It's All About Location

Sleep (New York, N.Y.), 2019-04, Vol.42 (Supplement_1), p.A104-A104 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Sleep Research Society 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Sleep Research Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail journals.permissions@oup.com. ;ISSN: 0161-8105 ;EISSN: 1550-9109 ;DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz067.252

Full text available

Citations Cited by
  • Title:
    0253 Residence Type And Sleep Quality In Preschoolers: It's All About Location
  • Author: Andre, Chloe J ; Holmes, Jen F ; Spencer, Rebecca M
  • Subjects: Apartments ; Families & family life ; Single family ; Sleep
  • Is Part Of: Sleep (New York, N.Y.), 2019-04, Vol.42 (Supplement_1), p.A104-A104
  • Description: Introduction There is a general trend to move out of the city and into suburbs to start a family. This transition is based on a number of factors including larger housing amenities and a supposedly increased quality of life. One question that has not been asked is how different types of residential living environments might affect a child’s sleep. The present study examines the effects that different types of residences; detached single-family homes, attached single-family homes, small apartment buildings, and large apartment buildings, have on sleep. Methods Parents of 306 preschool-aged children (143 female, M=51.73 months) completed a demographic questionnaire, which probed parents’ employment status and education level, type of residence, and household income. In addition, children wore actigraphy watches to objectively record their sleep and activity levels over the course of two weeks. Results Across the sample, 59.15% of children lived in detached single-family homes, 16.34% lived in attached single-family homes, 8.17% lived in apartment buildings with two to three homes, and 16.34% lived in larger buildings containing four or more apartments. With regard to sleep quality, there was a significant main effect of residence type on time spent asleep at night on the weekend (F(3,301)=3.657, p=.013), with children in detached single-family homes sleeping significantly longer than attached single-family homes or buildings with four or more apartments after controlling for socio-economic status (SES) (pairwise ps<.05). Additionally, residence type had a significant effect on time spent in bed after controlling for SES (F(3,301)=2.720, p=.045), with children sleeping in detached single-family homes staying in bed for longer than their counterparts living in large apartment buildings (ps<.05). Conclusion The findings suggest that type of residence, particularly detached single-family homes, have a significant effect on sleep for preschoolers. Further data should be collected to create a balanced sample size across the different kinds of residences, and other data, such as decibel levels within the home could give insight into whether proximity and volume of neighbors is driving the correlation. Support (If Any) NIH R01 HL111695.
  • Publisher: Westchester: Oxford University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0161-8105
    EISSN: 1550-9109
    DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz067.252
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
Back to results list
INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY (84-028) 37 755 057 Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn

Copyright © 2017 INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait