Understanding Sleep Patterns in Pediatric Patients: A Comprehensive Review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47363/JFMPM/2025(2)118Keywords:
REM: Rapid-Eye-Movement, CYP: Children and Young People, Sleep, Emotional, Behavioural Difficulties, Neurodevelopment Disorders, Pharmacotherapy, NonPharmacologic Interventions, Cognitive TherapyAbstract
According to world journal of clinical pediatric there is a complex relationship between sleep disorders and childhood neurodevelopment, emotional, behavioral and intellectual disorders (NDEBID). NDEBID include several conditions such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning (intellectual) disorders.
Up to 75% of children and young people (CYP) with NDEBID are known to experience different types of insomnia, compared to 3% to 36% in normally developing population. Sleep disorders affect 15% to 19% of adolescents with no disability, in comparison with 26% to 36% among CYP with moderate learning disability (LD) and 44% among those with severe LD. Chronic sleep deprivation is associated with significant risks of behavioural problems, impaired cognitive development and learning abilities, poor memory, mood disorders and school problems. It also increases the risk of other health outcomes, such as obesity and metabolic consequences, significantly impacting on the wellbeing of other family members.