title: Sleep behaviour in preterm children from birth to age 10 years: a longitudinal study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study clinically relevant aspects of sleep behaviour in preterm children in comparison to term children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal sleep behaviour data were collected prospectively by structured interviews in 130 preterm and 75 control term children from birth to age 10 y.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences in sleep duration (time in bed per 24 h), bedsharing, night wakings, bedtime resistance and sleep-onset difficulties were found between preterm and term children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sleep behaviour does not differ between preterm and term children from birth to age 10 y, indicating that prematurity or neonatal intensive care experience does not significantly affect sleep in the first 10 y of life.
authors.affiliation: Child Development Centre, Department of Paediatrics, University Children's Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iglowstein
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Latal Hajnal
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Molinari
authors.forename: Remo H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Largo
authors.forename: Oskar G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Jenni
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D012890:Sleep; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires