SynthesisTranslational psychiatry2024
Prevalence of sleep disturbances in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic: a meta-analysis and systematic review of epidemiological surveys.
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- Demographic and socioeconomic inequalities in sleep quality among Chinese aged 15 years and above: a national population-based study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic correlates of perceived COVID-19 impact on movement behaviors in Croatian school-aged children.Discover public health · 2026Article
- Post-COVID-19 increases in depression and other psychiatric disorders among Saudi children and adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- Mental health symptoms in Chinese children with sleep disorders and association with parental emotions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- The impact of entertainment screen time on sleep quality in Chinese and British adolescents: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Association Between School Connectedness and Sleep Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Review
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- Longitudinal associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and sleep characteristics in children and parents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Loneliness and nervousness mediated the longitudinal association between sleep disorders and cyberbullying victimization in school-aged adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Is Family History for the Management of Cardiovascular Health in Youth Still Relevant in Clinical Practice?Current atherosclerosis reports · 2024Review
- Relationship between sleep disturbance and developmental status in preschool-aged children with developmental disorder.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Prevalence and correlates of sleep disturbance among adolescents in the eastern seaboard of China.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing widespread lockdown measures have had a negative impact on the mental health of children and adolescents. We thus conducted a meta-analysis of the worldwide prevalence of sleep disturbances in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. We performed a systematic literature search of the major international (PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science) and Chinese (Chinese Nation Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and WANFANG) databases from their commencement dates to 27 December 2022. Altogether, 57 articles covering 206,601 participants were included in the meta-analysis. The overall prevalence of sleep disturbances was 34.0% (95% confidence interval (CI): 28-41%). The prevalence of parent-reported sleep disturbances during the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly higher than that of self-reported (p = 0.005) sleep disturbances. Epidemiological studies jointly conducted across Asia and Europe had a higher prevalence of sleep disturbances compared to those conducted in Asia, Europe, America, Oceania, or South America alone (p < 0.001). Children had a significantly higher prevalence of sleep disturbances compared to adolescents alone or a mixed cohort of children and adolescents (p = 0.022). Meta-regression analyses revealed that mean age (p < 0.001), quality evaluation score (p < 0.001), and percentage of men (p < 0.001) showed negative associations, while time of survey (B = 1.82, z = 34.02, p < 0.001) showed a positive association with the prevalence of sleep disturbances. Sleep disturbances were common in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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