According to a , clinicians are neglecting to document parental reports of their child’s sleep concerns, including snoring, insomnia and insufficient sleep.
Of the 170 caregiver-child relationships, about 92.3% of children had at least one caregiver-reported sleep problem. However, only 20% of children had their clinician document a sleep problem. Only one percent of clinicians documented sleep-related referrals.
The researchers wrote that the findings support the importance of well-visit screening for all ages with validated screening tools and management of sleep problems that align with the American Academy of Pediatrics guidance and recommendations from the sleep field.
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(Mindell is also chair of the and associate director of the Sleep Center at the . Mindell supervised Mikayla Carson ‘22, ‘23 (MS), who helped conduct this study for her honor’s thesis)
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