TITLE:
Longitudinal Evaluation Nocturnal Sleep Behaviors of Healthy and Well Developed Children Born Prematurely
AUTHORS:
Yoko Asaka, Satoshi Takada
KEYWORDS:
Nocturnal Sleep, Longitudinal Evaluation, Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant, Actigraph
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.6 No.1,
March
9,
2016
ABSTRACT: The aim of the study is to examine nocturnal sleep measures of healthy and well developed pre-term infants by birth weight when they were averaged 15 corrected months and became elementary school children. Sleep measures were collected by actigraphs (Micro-mini RC, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., New York, USA). Nocturnal sleep quality of children born as extremely low birth weight (ELBW) was significantly inferior with that of children born as very low birth weight (VLBW) at 15 corrected months [number of night waking: 6.0 (4.5 - 8.0), ELBW 8.5 (7.0 - 10.3) (Z = 2.47, p