Daytime Naps Likely To Reduce Hyperactivity, Depression, and Anxiety in Kids

by Tanya on  June 09, 2009 at 12:29 PM Child Health News
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Napping children napped an average of 3.4 days per week. Of the sample, 55 percent were white-non-Hispanic and 53 percent were male.

Caretakers reported their child's typical weekday and weekend bedtime/rise time, napping patterns, family demographics, and completed a behavioural assessment of the child.

Actigraphy data for each child was collected continuously for seven to 14 days.

Crosby is hopeful that that the findings will encourage caregivers and other researchers to look at the ways napping impacts daytime functioning in children, as an optimal age to stop napping has not yet been determined.

The study was presented on Monday at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

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