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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2023 Feb 9;23(6):1234–1241. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.02.001

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics and correspondence between caregiver-reported and clinician-documented child sleep outcomes

Sleep problems Caregiver-reported [95% CI] Clinician documentation [95% CI] McNemar comparisons*
Habitual snoring 17.6% [11.9%, 23.3%] 4.1% [1.1%, 7.1%] p < .001
Any insomnia symptom+ 65.7% [58.5%, 72.9%] 10.1% [5.6%, 14.6%] p < .001
  Sleep onset latency >30 min 48.5% [41.0%, 56.0%] --
  Bedtime resistance 29.4% [22.6%, 36.2%] --
  Night awakenings >3 times/week 25.3% [18.8%, 31.8%] --
  Difficulty falling asleep >3 times/week 20.6% [14.5%, 26.7%] --
  Sleep problem 14.7% [9.4%, 20.0%] --
Poor sleep health behaviors
  Caffeine consumption 21.9% [15.7%, 28.1%] 2.9% [0.4%, 5.6%] p < .001
  Electronics use before bed 63.5% [56.3%, 70.7%] 7.1% [3.2%, 11.0%] p < .001
    TV < 1 hour before bed 55.9% [48.4%, 63.4%] --
    Fall asleep to TV 32.4% [25.4%, 39.4%] --
  Insufficient sleep 38.0% [30.4%, 45.6%] 0% [0%, 1.9%] p < .001

Clinician management McNemar comparisons*

ENT referral 0.6% [0%, 6.0%] p < .001
Sleep clinic consultation 0% [0%, 1.8%] p < .001
Polysomnography order 0.6% [0%, 6.0%] p < .001
Behavioral sleep recommendation 8.3% [4.1%, 12.5%] p < .001
Sleep health recommendations
  Caffeine 1.2% [0%, 2.8%] p < .001
  Electronics in bedroom 4.1% [1.1%, 7.1%] p < .001
  Sleep duration 0% [0%, 1.9%] p < .001

Note.

+

reflects 1 or more child insomnia symptoms for caregiver-reported data and any progress note indication of a child behavioral sleep problem documented by clinicians.

*

Clinician management was compared against caregiver-reported child sleep problems, see Table 2 for details.