[Sleep duration among school-age children in Hungary and Romania].
BACKGROUND
Children's sleep duration is decreasing in the last decade. Despite of the well known negative consequences, there are no data on children's sleep duration in Hungary and Romania.


OBJECTIVE
The aim of the authors was to assess sleep duration of school-age children in Hungary and Romania.


METHODS
A self-edited questionnaire was used for the study. 2446 children were enrolled. All elementary and secondary schools in a Hungarian city, and one elementary and secondary school in a Romanian city took part in the study.


RESULTS
Mean sleep duration was 8.3 ± 1.2 hours on weekdays. There was a significant difference between the two countries (Hungary vs. Romania, 8.5 ± 1.2 hours vs. 7.8 ± 0.9 hours, p = 0.001). Age correlated with sleep duration on weekdays (r= -0.605, p = 0.001), but not during weekend.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first study on children's sleep duration in Hungary and Romania. The difference between countries may be due to the difference in mean age or cultural and/or geographical differences.
Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Tîrgu Mureş Romania.
Réka
R
Sólyom
Zsófia
Z
Lendvai
Krisztina
K
Pásti
Lilla
L
Szeifert
J Attila
JA
Szabó
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D012383:Romania; D012890:Sleep; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors
alvásidő; iskoláskorú gyermekek; kérdőív; questionnaire; school-aged children; sleep duration