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Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents

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Sleep Disorders in Children

Abstract

Epidemiologic analysis of sleep disorders (SDs) in children and adolescents faces several difficulties. There is a marked interindividual variability during the first years of life, which is more relevant in the first 2 years, and consequently the definition of what is “normal” can become a difficult issue to which cultural and ethnic differences might add clear complexity. Furthermore many available survey lack objective data; this issue is particularly relevant whenever data are provided by the caregivers, since known discrepancies do exist between children and caregivers information, and the fact that data obtained from younger individual are subjected to important ethical regulations is likely to reduce the number of available studies. Other contributing issues are the position of pediatric sleep in the field of sleep medicine and the successive classifications of sleep disorders and the methodologic modifications, rendering difficult comparisons across decades.

In spite of all difficulties, robust data are essential both to understand disease mechanisms, comorbidities, and treatments and to plan strategic and healthcare plans.

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