Abstract
We completed a systematic review of literature related to parent knowledge of children's sleep, to determine how much parents know about typical child sleep and symptoms related to sleep problems in childhood and how parent knowledge has been assessed. We also examined whether relationships have been reported between parent knowledge of children's sleep, parent education, child sleep problems, sleep duration, and sleep hygiene. An extensive literature search of five electronic databases was conducted, and of 615 articles identified, eight met inclusion criteria for review: four descriptive studies and four educational interventions. These studies varied considerably in the number of items included in scales, the specific content measured, the response scales used, and the populations included, limiting the conclusions that could be drawn across studies. In general, parent knowledge of child sleep was poor. Greater accuracy was reported for items pertaining to healthy sleep practices at sleep onset and daytime symptoms, in comparison with items pertaining to child sleep problems during the night. More knowledgeable parents were more likely to report that their children exhibited healthy sleep practices; associations with sleep d...Continue Reading
References
Jun 1, 2000·Developmental Psychology·A SadehR Gruber
May 23, 2001·Pediatrics·M A SteinR Benca
Nov 12, 2003·Journal of Pediatric Health Care : Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners·Jodi A Mindell, Judith A Owens
Jan 8, 2004·Sleep & Breathing = Schlaf & Atmung·Sarah BlundenDeclan Kennedy
May 25, 2005·Journal of Sleep Research·Karen SpruytRaffaele Ferri
Jun 24, 2005·The Journal of Pediatrics·Sarah BlundenDeclan Kennedy
Mar 28, 2006·Sleep Medicine Reviews·Giuseppe CurcioLuigi De Gennaro
Jan 24, 2007·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·Candice A AlfanoJulie Newman Kingery
May 3, 2007·Pediatrics·Joanna MartinMelissa Wake
Sep 14, 2007·International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology·Ali M Strocker, Nina L Shapiro
Feb 2, 2008·Obesity·Sanjay R Patel, Frank B Hu
Jul 5, 2008·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Nikki Johnson, Catherine McMahon
Dec 3, 2008·Pediatrics·James E JanOsman S Ipsiroglu
Jul 28, 2009·Sleep Medicine Reviews·Avi SadehAnat Scher
Jan 23, 2010·Sleep Medicine Reviews·Julia F DewaldSusan M Bögels
Jul 22, 2010·Child: Care, Health and Development·P SimolaE T Aronen
Sep 30, 2010·Archives of Disease in Childhood·Barbara C Galland, Edwin A Mitchell
Jan 25, 2011·Sleep Medicine·Michael GradisarHayley Dohnt
Apr 27, 2011·Journal of Sleep Research·Kimberly A Schreck, Amanda L Richdale
May 7, 2011·Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : JDBP·Judith A Owens, Caroline Jones
Jul 26, 2011·Sleep Medicine Reviews·Barbara C GallandPeter Herbison
Feb 14, 2012·Sleep & Breathing = Schlaf & Atmung·Amelia I GillBarbara C Galland
Sep 7, 2012·Sleep Medicine·Amelia I GillBarbara C Galland
Jul 4, 2013·Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine·Colleen Y ColbertAlejandro C Arroliga
Apr 30, 2014·Pediatrics·Frances Page Glascoe, Franklin Trimm
Feb 24, 2015·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology·Jonathan EpsteinFrancis Guillemin
Jun 3, 2015·Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : JDBP·Ian St James-RobertsCharlie Owen
Jul 15, 2015·Sleep Medicine Reviews·Sarah Morsbach Honaker, Lisa J Meltzer
Sep 9, 2015·Pediatrics·Barbara GallandElizabeth Schaughency
Citations
Feb 28, 2018·British Journal of Health Psychology·Rosalind E M Hatton, Maria Gardani
Sep 12, 2017·Child: Care, Health and Development·M Schlieber, J Han
Aug 24, 2018·Sleep·Shao-Yu TsaiWen-Chin Weng
Sep 6, 2018·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Ana Cristina LindsayMary L Greaney
May 22, 2019·Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic·Katrina M Poppert Cordts, Ric G Steele
Jun 14, 2019·Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing·Shinta Widiastuty AnggerainyNani Nurhaeni
Aug 23, 2019·PloS One·Sophie KeoghFfion Curtis
Apr 20, 2020·Research in Nursing & Health·Monica R OrdwayNancy S Redeker
Sep 27, 2019·Sleep·Ariel A Williamson, Jodi A Mindell
May 25, 2020·Journal of Pediatric Psychology·Lauren C DanielAriel A Williamson
Apr 14, 2020·Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : JDBP·Lois S SadlerNancy S Redeker
Aug 8, 2018·Journal of Pediatric Psychology·Jennifer Ramasami, Karla K Fehr
Oct 17, 2018·Sleep & Breathing = Schlaf & Atmung·Julia Cohen-LevyNelly Huynh
Jul 25, 2020·Child: Care, Health and Development·Raquel Y HulstOlaf Verschuren
Jul 19, 2019·Behavioral Sleep Medicine·Karen BonuckAmanda Schwartz
May 28, 2020·BMC Pediatrics·Charlotte AngelhoffAnna Lena Lena Sundell
Sep 9, 2019·Sleep Medicine Reviews·Qing-Min LinFan Jiang
Jul 25, 2020·Journal of Pediatric Nursing·Yen-Miao LinSu-Ru Chen
Feb 13, 2021·Children·Ahmad Fadzil
Jan 21, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Elizabeth J HalsteadDagmara Dimitriou
Feb 28, 2021·Journal of Youth and Adolescence·Övgü KaynakStephen J Lepore
Feb 27, 2021·Sleep Medicine·Kurt LushingtonJohn Declan Kennedy
Mar 9, 2021·Sleep Health·Ariel A WilliamsonJodi A Mindell
Apr 8, 2021·The Journal of Genetic Psychology·Marisa Schlieber, Jisu Han
May 15, 2021·JMIR Formative Research·Levie T KarssenJunilla K Larsen
May 28, 2021·Child Development·Alexandra UrsacheLaurie Miller Brotman
Jun 12, 2021·The Journal of Genetic Psychology·Justyn HydeLinda Campbell
Sep 4, 2021·Sleep Medicine·Ashley L MerianosKelvin Choi
Nov 4, 2021·The British Journal of Educational Psychology·Anna Joyce, Helen L Breadmore
Dec 14, 2021·Frontiers in Pediatrics·Sophie M PhillipsFrances C Hillier-Brown