Compared to middle-class children, youngsters in low-income families are more likely to have sleep problems, which can affect their health and performance at school, a
The study compared the sleeping habits of 64 healthy inner-city Hispanic and black children, ages 4 to 10, to those of middle-class white children.
Parents provided information about their children's amount of sleep, sleep anxiety, night awakenings, night terrors, bedwetting, sleepwalking, sleep-disordered breathing, daytime sleepiness, bedtime resistance, and the time it took to fall asleep.
The incidence of sleep problems was 25 percent higher among low-income children than among middle-class children.
The study was expected to be presented this week at the
"While these results aren't surprising, they need to be followed up with a study involving a larger number of children, since sleeping problems can have a negative impact on a child's health and may hinder a child's performance at school," study author Anuj Chawla, of Tulane University's School of Medicine in New Orleans, said in a prepared statement.
-- Robert Preidt, HealthDay News
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