Covid-19 Pandemi Sürecinin Çocuk ve Ergenlerin Uyku Alışkanlıklarına Etkisinin Araştırılması

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 35 Sayı: 1, 1 - 6, 28.02.2025

Ebru Buldu , Ayşe Tolunay Oflu , Evrim Gürhan Tahta , Ayşegül Bükülmez

https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1423970

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Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı Covid-19 pandemi sürecinin çocuklardaki uyku alışkanlıkları ve sorunlarına etkisini araştırmaktır.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma XXX Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Kliniğine 15 mayıs ve 15 haziran 2020 tarihleri arasında, ayaktan sağlık hizmeti almak için başvuran, 0-18 yaş aralığında çocukların anneleri ve 0-18 yaş aralığında kardeşi olan hastaların anneleri dahil edildi. Araştırmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan annelere yapılandırılmış anket uygulandı.
Bulgular: Çalışmaya 237 kız (%51.9) 220 erkek (%48.1) toplam 457 çocuk katıldı. Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 10.03±4.4 yıl (Min:1 - Max:18) idi. Pandemi öncesi uyku süresi ortalama 9,5 saat, pandemi süresince uyku süresi ortalama 10 saat saptandı. Pandemi öncesinde yatma saati ile Pandemi sürecinde yatma saati arasında 1 saat 42 dk gecikme bulundu (<0.001). Pandemi öncesinde sabah uyanma saati ile Pandemi sürecinde sabah uyanma saati arasında 2 saat 20 dk gecikme saptandı(<0.001). Pandemi öncesi döneme göre Pandemi sürecinde uyku odasında teknolojik alet varlığı belirgin artmış, yatağa yatmakta direnç gösterme, yalnız yatmakta zorlanma, uykuya dalmakta zorlanma ve uykuda diş gıcırdatma sorunları belirgin artmış, uyku öncesi hazırlık varlığı belirgin azalmış saptandı (<0.001).
Sonuç: Bu çalışma, COVID 19 pandemisi sırasında çocuk ve ergenlerin uyku alışkanlıklarının pandemi öncesine kıyasla belirgin değiştiğini ve bazı uyku sorunlarının arttığını gösterdi.

Anahtar Kelimeler

uyku, pandemi, covid-19, çocuk, ergen

Investigation of the Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic Process on Sleep Habits of Children and Adolescents

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Backgraund/Aims: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic process on sleep habits and problems in children.
Methods: The mothers of patients aged 0-18 years, who applied to XXX Pediatrics Clinic between May 15 and June 15, 2020, for outpatient health care were included in the study. A structured questionnaire was administered to mothers who volunteered to participate in the study.
Results: A total of 457 children, 237 girls (51.9%) and 220 boys (48.1%) participated in the study. The mean age of the participants was 10.03±4.4 years (Min:1 - Max:18). The average sleep time before the pandemic was 9.5 hours, and the average sleep time was 10 hours during the pandemic. A delay of 1 hour and 42 minutes was found between bedtime before the pandemic and bedtime during the pandemic (<0.001). A delay of 2 hours and 20 minutes was detected between the morning wake-up time before the pandemic and the morning wake-up time during the pandemic process (<0.001). Compared to the pre-pandemic period, the presence of technological devices in the sleeping room increased significantly during the pandemic process, the problems of resisting lying down, having difficulty in lying down alone, falling asleep and teeth grinding problems were significantly increased, and the presence of pre-sleep preparation was significantly reduced (<0.001).
Conclusions: This study showed that during the COVID 19 pandemic, the sleep habits of children and adolescents changed significantly compared to the pre-pandemic period, and some sleep problems increased. Recognizing and reducing sleep problems in terms of child health is an important responsibility of healthcare professionals, and parents should be made aware of this issue.

Anahtar Kelimeler

sleep, pandemic, covid-19, child, adolescent

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