TY - JOUR

T1 - Sleep in hospitalized children and adolescents

T2 - A scoping review

AU - Hybschmann, Jane

AU - Topperzer, Martha K

AU - Gjærde, Line K

AU - Born, Peter

AU - Mathiasen, René

AU - Sehested, Astrid M

AU - Jennum, Poul J

AU - Sørensen, Jette L

N1 - Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Hospitalized children and adolescents are at risk of short sleep and subsequent adverse health effects, but little is known about actual sleep duration, the factors that cause sleep disturbances in an inpatient pediatric setting, and what has been done to promote sleep in this population. The aim of this review was to systematically identify, categorize, and synthesize the literature on sleep in children and adolescents in an inpatient setting. We searched five electronic databases (PubMed, CENTRAL, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Scopus) and of the 3770 references identified, 28 were eligible for inclusion. From studies reporting age-specific sleep durations, we found that four out of nineteen fell within the National Sleep Foundations recommendations for age-specific sleep durations. Reported causes of sleep disturbances were primarily related to modifiable, external factors, e.g., nursing care activities and noise from equipment and other patients. Sleep-promoting interventions seemed acceptable to patients, parents, and healthcare professionals. However, the literature in this area is heterogeneous regarding methodology, reporting, and population characteristics. Our findings underline the importance of prioritizing and optimizing sleep in hospitalized pediatric patients and highlight the need for standardization in the planning and reporting of studies within this field.

AB - Hospitalized children and adolescents are at risk of short sleep and subsequent adverse health effects, but little is known about actual sleep duration, the factors that cause sleep disturbances in an inpatient pediatric setting, and what has been done to promote sleep in this population. The aim of this review was to systematically identify, categorize, and synthesize the literature on sleep in children and adolescents in an inpatient setting. We searched five electronic databases (PubMed, CENTRAL, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Scopus) and of the 3770 references identified, 28 were eligible for inclusion. From studies reporting age-specific sleep durations, we found that four out of nineteen fell within the National Sleep Foundations recommendations for age-specific sleep durations. Reported causes of sleep disturbances were primarily related to modifiable, external factors, e.g., nursing care activities and noise from equipment and other patients. Sleep-promoting interventions seemed acceptable to patients, parents, and healthcare professionals. However, the literature in this area is heterogeneous regarding methodology, reporting, and population characteristics. Our findings underline the importance of prioritizing and optimizing sleep in hospitalized pediatric patients and highlight the need for standardization in the planning and reporting of studies within this field.

U2 - 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101496

DO - 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101496

M3 - Review

C2 - 33984632

VL - 59

JO - Sleep Medicine Reviews

JF - Sleep Medicine Reviews

SN - 1087-0792

M1 - 101496

ER -