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Shorter sleep duration is associated with higher injury risk in children aged 0–4 years, though evidence is limited (2 of 3 studies)

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i2 Sleep duration shorter than 8 h per day was associated with increased risk of accidental falls (OR = 2.7, 95% CI 1.2–6.1). → Chaput JP 2017

Evidence

Chaput JP 2017

Chaput JP, Gray CE, Poitras VJ, Carson V, Gruber R, Birken CS, MacLean JE, Aubert S, Sampson M, Tremblay MS. (2017). Systematic review of the relationships between sleep duration and health indicators in the early years (0–4 years). BMC Public Health 17(Suppl 5):855. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4850-2

q2 · i2 · review · r3

One of three cross-sectional studies (2,382 participants combined) in the review's risks/injuries synthesis; GRADE quality "low". Printed OR = 2.7 supports impact 2.

"Usual sleep duration shorter than 8 h was associated with an increased risk of accidental falls (OR = 2.7, 95% CI 1.2 – 6.1) [84]."

Discussion

Page metadata
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type claim
id shorter-sleep-injury-risk-early-years
title Shorter sleep duration is associated with higher injury risk in children aged 0–4 years, though evidence is limited (2 of 3 studies)
description Shorter sleep duration is associated with higher injury risk in children aged 0–4 years, though evidence is limited (2 of 3 studies)
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2017
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