[The pediatrician and the child with sleep disorders].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to better understand the sleeping habits and its most frequent alterations in a general pediatric population and to propose a systematic study of ambulatory attendance.


METHODS
A questionnaire of closed questions, multiple choice and unique answers was sent to an infantile population constituted of 240 children between 6 and 11 months of age and 894 children between 1 and 6 years of age. Data was collected in the 4 different seasons of the year when concluding the control of health. The answers came from the closest relative.


RESULTS
1. There was a high incidence of sleep interruptions during the first semester of life (53.3%). 2. Starting from the third year of life, an important decrease in night awakenings took place. In spite of this, until 6 years of age, 18.6% of the children interrupted their family's sleep at least 3 times per week. 3. At 6 years of age 12.1% of the children had not learned how to fall asleep.


CONCLUSIONS
Our study confirms a high incidence of alterations of sleep and the necessity of insisting in its prevention during health revisions.
Pin Arboledas
G
G
Unidad Valenciana del Sueño Infantil (UVSI), Clínica Quiron, Valencia.
Lluch Roselló
A
A
Borja Paya
F
F
D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008487:Medical History Taking; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012913:Snoring / Q000453:epidemiology