The Influence of Parental Sleep and Experiences Related to COVID-19 on Sleep in Children and Adolescents between 2020 and 2021 in Brazil

Samanta Andresa Richter, Luísa Basso Schilling, Clarissa Ferraz-Rodrigues, Nathália Fritsch Camargo and Magda Lahorgue Nunes ()
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Samanta Andresa Richter: Ph.D. Program on Pediatrics and Child Health, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre 90619-900, Brazil
Luísa Basso Schilling: School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre 90619-900, Brazil
Clarissa Ferraz-Rodrigues: School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre 90619-900, Brazil
Nathália Fritsch Camargo: School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre 90619-900, Brazil
Magda Lahorgue Nunes: School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre 90619-900, Brazil

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: The study aimed to evaluate the influence of parental sleep and experiences related to COVID-19 on sleep changes in children and adolescents in the period between 2020 and 2021 in Brazil and further compare the sleep of adults with and without children. This is a longitudinal web-survey study. Participants were invited to respond to a questionnaire regarding sleep characteristics, mental health issues, and work/lifestyle modifications in two waves of the pandemic (April–July 2020 and 2021). A total of 1172 adults answered both questionnaires, and 281 were dyads (parent–child/adolescent). Parent and non-parent adult responders had similar sociodemographic data, with a predominance of the female sex and self-declared white skin color prevailing along with higher levels of education in both groups. The prevalence of sleep problems in adults varied from 20.6% to 30.2% in the parent group and from 16.9% to 30.1% in non-parents. The prevalence of sleep problems in children and adolescents raised from 2020 to 2021 (respectively, 48% and 49.5%) but differences were not statistically significant. The multivariate logistic model showed in both years that changes in children’s/adolescents’ sleep was related to parents working at home, infected family/friends, time of exposure to COVID-19, and daytime sleep dysfunction. Our data showed that parental sleep and experiences related to COVID-19 influenced sleep changes in children and adolescents. Parents had a significant difference in daytime sleepiness compared to the group without children.

Keywords: sleep; parents; children; adolescents; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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