Sleep disturbances in children and adolescents with iron deficiency: Questionnaire-based and actigraphic findings
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Published in Sleep Medicine
Methodology
Observational study combining validated sleep questionnaires with wrist actigraphy in children and adolescents with documented iron deficiency.
Key Findings
Children and adolescents with iron deficiency showed a higher burden of parent-reported sleep disturbance and actigraphy-measured sleep fragmentation, including restless-legs-type symptoms, than reference expectations.
Conclusions
Pediatric ID/IDA was associated with caregiver-reported and actigraphic sleep disruption, characterized by restless and fragmented sleep.
Limitations
Small sample (n=31), no matched control group, cross-sectional design that cannot establish causation, and no interventional iron repletion arm.
Supplements Studied
Pediatric ID/IDA was associated with caregiver-reported and actigraphic sleep disruption, characterized by restless and fragmented sleep.
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