The effect of Teaching Sleep Behaviors to Mothers on the Sleep Habits of Young Children Kindergartens of Hamadan

• Main Authors: T Hassan Tehrani, Z Hassani, L Tapak, A Khalili
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Yasuj University Of Medical Sciences 2019-09-01
• Series: Armaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal
• Subjects: sleep habits; children; kindergarten; education
• Online Access: http://armaghanj.yums.ac.ir/article-1-2453-en.html

Abstract                 Background & aim: Failure to observe proper sleep habits causes short-term changes in biological indices, hormonal activity, followed by overweight or obesity and diabetes in children. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of teaching sleep behaviors to mothers on sleep habits of young children kindergartens city of hamadan in 2017.   Methods: In the present clinical trial intervention study, 84 young mothers (in each group) were selected by multistage cluster random sampling from kindergartens in Hamadan. Data collection tools included demographic information questionnaire and CSHQ sleep habits questionnaire. In the experimental group, two sessions of lecture, question and answer and group discussion were held for a period of three days, each session lasting 50 minutes in groups of 10-15. Data were analyzed using paired t-test, independent t-test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.   Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the mean scores in all domains and in all sleep problems of the experimental and control groups before the intervention (p <0.05), but statistically significant difference between the mean scores of all the sleeping areas of the experimental and control groups except for time resistance was obsereved. There was a statistically significant difference in sleep after intervention (p <0.05). There was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group in all domains and in all sleep problems of children before and after the intervention (p <0.05). Also in the control group there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the domains of resistance to sleep time before and after the intervention (p <0.05).   Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of sleep problems in the experimental and control groups before and after the intervention, therefore, Teaching mothers proper sleep habits can improve sleep quality in young children.