Trajectories of Reported Sleep Duration Associate with Early Childhood Cognitive Development

Overview

Journal Sleep

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2022 Nov 10

PMID 36355436

Authors

Shirong Cai

Elaine Kwang Hsia Tham

Hai-Yan Xu

Xiuju Fu

Rick Siow Mong Goh

Peter D Gluckman

Yap-Seng Chong

Fabian Yap

Lynette Pei-Chi Shek

Oon Hoe Teoh

Joshua J Gooley

Daniel Yam-Thiam Goh

Michael J Meaney

Nora Schneider

Anne Rifkin-Graboi

Birit F P Broekman

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Abstract

Study Objectives: Examine how different trajectories of reported sleep duration associate with early childhood cognition.

Methods: Caregiver-reported sleep duration data (n = 330) were collected using the Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire at 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months and Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire at 54 months. Multiple group-based day-, night-, and/or total sleep trajectories were derived-each differing in duration and variability. Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (Bayley-III) and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test- 2 (KBIT-2) were used to assess cognition at 24 and 54 months, respectively.

Results: Compared to short variable night sleep trajectory, long consistent night sleep trajectory was associated with higher scores on Bayley-III (cognition and language), while moderate/long consistent night sleep trajectories were associated with higher KBIT-2 (verbal and composite) scores. Children with a long consistent total sleep trajectory had higher Bayley-III (cognition and expressive language) and KBIT-2 (verbal and composite) scores compared to children with a short variable total sleep trajectory. Moderate consistent total sleep trajectory was associated with higher Bayley-III language and KBIT-2 verbal scores relative to the short variable total trajectory. Children with a long variable day sleep had lower Bayley-III (cognition and fine motor) and KBIT-2 (verbal and composite) scores compared to children with a short consistent day sleep trajectory.

Conclusions: Longer and more consistent night- and total sleep trajectories, and a short day sleep trajectory in early childhood were associated with better cognition at 2 and 4.5 years.

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