title: Cosleeping in childhood migraine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cosleeping is the practice of parents and children sleeping together in body contact for all or part of the night. There is a close relationship between sleep habits and headache disorders. Aim of the study was to identify prevalence of cosleeping in children with migraine disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 181 school-aged children referred to Headache Center for Developmental Age for Migraine without aura (MoA). Sex and age matched control group consists of 729 children recruited in schools in Campania.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cosleeping's prevalence is higher in children with MoA than in the control group (P=0.003) and an OR of 2.32 (95% CI 1.36-3.97).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At our knowledge, our study is the first specific on prevalence of cosleeping in MoA school-aged children and show the importance of migraine power to invade all aspect of life of children affecting also their family management.
authors.affiliation: Center for Childhood Headache, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. marco.carotenuto@unina2.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carotenuto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Precenzano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Castaldo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roccella
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010290:Parents; D012890:Sleep