Short sleep duration at age 3 was not associated with quality of life at about age 13¶
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q2 i? A single longitudinal study found short sleep at 3 years (<10 h vs >11 h) was not associated with poor quality of life at ~13 years. → 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
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Single longitudinal study (n = 9674, ~10-year follow-up) in the review's quality of life section; GRADE "very low" due to parent-reported sleep. OR = 1.15 with CI crossing 1; equivalence not tested.
"Short sleep duration at 3 years of age (< 10 h vs. > 11 h) was not associated with quality of life at age ~13 years (OR = 1.15, 95% CI 0.99 – 1.33, p = 0.06) [82]."
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sleep-quality-of-life-null-longitudinal |
title |
Short sleep duration at age 3 was not associated with quality of life at about age 13 |
description |
Short sleep duration at age 3 was not associated with quality of life at about age 13 |
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weak |
newest_evidence |
2017 |
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