Sleep characteristics and health-related quality of life in 9- to 11-year-old children from 12 countries

ISCOLE Research Group, Qian Xiao*, Jean Philippe Chaput, Timothy Olds, Mikael Fogelholm, Gang Hu, Estelle V. Lambert, Carol Maher, Jose Maia, Vincent Onywera, Olga L. Sarmiento, Martyn Standage, Mark S. Tremblay, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Timothy S. Church, Denise G. Lambert, Tiago Barreira, Stephanie Broyles, Ben ButittaCatherine Champagne, Shannon Cocreham, Kara D. Denstel, Katy Drazba, Deirdre Harrington, William Johnson, Dione Milauskas, Emily Mire, Allison Tohme, Ruben Rodarte, Bobby Amoroso, John Luopa, Rebecca Neiberg, Scott Rushing, Olds Timothy Olds, Lucy Lewis, Katia Ferrar, Effie Georgiadis, Rebecca Stanley, Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo, Sandra Matsudo, Timoteo Araujo, Luis Carlos de Oliveira, Luis Fabiano, Diogo Bezerra, Gerson Ferrari, Priscilla Bélanger, Mike Borghese, Charles Boyer, Allana LeBlanc, Yue Wang

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Abstract

Introduction: Previous studies have linked short sleep duration, poor sleep quality, and late sleep timing with lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children. However, almost all studies relied solely on self-reported sleep information, and most studies were conducted in high-income countries. To address these gaps, we studied both device-measured and self-reported sleep characteristics in relation to HRQoL in a sample of children from 12 countries that vary widely in terms of economic and human development. Methods: The study sample included 6,626 children aged 9-11 years from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, India, Kenya, Portugal, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Waist-worn actigraphy was used to measure total sleep time, bedtime, wake-up time, and sleep efficiency on both weekdays and weekends. Children also reported ratings of sleep quantity and quality. HRQoL was measured by the KIDSCREEN-10 survey. Multilevel regression models were used to determine the relationships between sleep characteristics and HRQoL. Results: Results showed considerable variation in sleep characteristics, particularly duration and timing, across study sites. Overall, we found no association between device-measured total sleep time, sleep timing or sleep efficiency, and HRQoL. In contrast, self-reported ratings of poor sleep quantity and quality were associated with HRQoL. Conclusions: Self-reported, rather than device-based, measures of sleep are related to HRQoL in children. The discrepancy related to sleep assessment methods highlights the importance of considering both device-measured and self-reported measures of sleep in understanding its health effects.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4-14
Number of pages11
JournalSleep Health
Volume6
Issue number1
Early online date4 Nov 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Feb 2020

Keywords

  • health related quality of life
  • sleep duration
  • sleep efficiency
  • sleep timing
  • total sleep time

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