School closure during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic – Impact on children's sleep

To evaluate the sleep habits of school-going children before and during school closure in the national lockdown period (called ‘Circuit Breaker’ or CB in Singapore) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional, anonymous, online, population-based survey questionnaire was administered to parents age...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sleep medicine Jg. 78; S. 108 - 114
Hauptverfasser: Lim, Michael Teik Chung, Ramamurthy, Mahesh Babu, Aishworiya, Ramkumar, Rajgor, Dimple D., Tran, Anh Phuong, Hiriyur, Prerana, Kunaseelan, Shangari, Jabri, Majid, Goh, Daniel Yam Thiam
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2021
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Child
Child Behavior - psychology
Children
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data
Education, Distance - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Internet Use - statistics & numerical data
Lockdown
Male
Original
School closure
Sleep
Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology
Social Environment
Students - statistics & numerical data
COVID-19
Lockdown
Sleep
Children
Circuit Breaker
School closure
ISSN:1389-9457, 1878-5506, 1878-5506
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Zusammenfassung:To evaluate the sleep habits of school-going children before and during school closure in the national lockdown period (called ‘Circuit Breaker’ or CB in Singapore) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional, anonymous, online, population-based survey questionnaire was administered to parents aged 21 years and above with children aged between 3 and 16 years attending pre-school, primary or secondary school (equivalent to kindergarten, middle and-high school) and residing in Singapore. Sleep duration in relation to various daily activities including academic activities, physical exercise, and screen time was evaluated pre-CB and during CB. Data from 593 participants were analyzed. Pre-CB, the overall mean (SD) sleep duration of the study population was 9.01 (1.18) hours on weekdays and 9.99 (0.94) hours on weekends. During CB, mean (SD) sleep duration overall was 9.63 (1.18) hours. Although children generally went to bed later (mean 0.65 h later), they woke up even later during CB (mean 1.27 h later), resulting in longer sleep duration (mean increase of 0.35 h). This was most evident in secondary school children (mean increase of 0.70 h). Children attending private schools (which had later start times) had increased sleep duration (mean 10.01 (SD 0.89) hours pre-CB and 10.05 (SD 0.93) hours during CB) compared to public schools (mean 9.05 (SD 0.91) pre-CB and 9.49 (SD 1.22) hours during CB). School closure from the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in longer sleep duration in school-going children. Early school/academic activity start times had a significant impact on limiting children's sleep duration. •Children slept longer when learning moved to the home during the COVID-19 pandemic.•A later start time for daily academic activities resulted in longer sleep duration.•Early school start times have an impact on limiting children's sleep duration.•A shift to later school start times should be considered to facilitate increased sleep for children.
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ISSN:1389-9457
1878-5506
1878-5506
DOI:10.1016/j.sleep.2020.12.025