Association Between Sleep and Psychomotor Development in Early Childhood

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Conditions studied: Sleep

In brief

Sleep is a neurophysiological active process essential for healthy physical and cognitive development. In Portugal, there is no recent and objective data on how children sleep. Given the importance of sleep in child health and development as well as the health gains achieved by establishing healthy sleep patterns since childhood, it seems extremely relevant to assess the various sleep parameters of Portuguese children and correlate them with their psychomotor and anthropometric development indicators. The results of this research work may support the implementation of sleep health education measures among parents, educators and policy makers, thus contributing to support the implementation of practices that promote sleep quality, napping until later in life as well as to promote the health of future adults.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06816225

Run by

Universidade do Porto

People needed

119

Starts

2023-06-01

Expected to finish

2025-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-10

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 4. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children aged 2 and 6 months year until the first assessment;
• Gestational age at birth 37 weeks or more;
• Delivery without serious complications for the child;
• Absence of developmental pathologies or pathologies that interfere with psychic and motor development;

You may not qualify if…

• Non-preterm birth but with severe growth restriction;
• Diagnosis of psychomotor development pathology;
• Diagnosis of pathology that interferes with psychomotor development;
• Taking daily medication, except vitamin supplements.

Where it is running

• Faculty of Medicine (FMUP) — Porto, Portugal (enrolling)

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