Table 4.

Use of products for sleeping in the study population

	Age groups (yrs)										All subjects
	1 to 3		3 to 5		5 to 7		7 to 10		10 to 14
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Subjects	523	100.0	429	100.0	425	100.0	355	100.0	298	100.0	2030	100.0
Sleep disorder in 1st year
No	342	65.4	302	70.4	317	74.6	267	75.2	209	70.1	1437	70.8
Yes	136	26.0	98	22.8	88	20.7	67	18.9	65	21.8	454	22.4
Sometimes	44	8.4	29	6.8	20	4.7	21	5.9	21	7.0	135	6.7
Unknown	1	0.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	1.0	4	0.2
Has used products to sleep
No	462	88.3	391	91.1	390	91.8	316	89.0	266	89.3	1825	89.9
Yes	59	11.3	38	8.9	35	8.2	39	10.7	32	10.7	202	10.0
Unknown	2	0.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.3	0	0.0	3	0.1
Has used:
Melatonin	35	6.7	23	5.4	17	4.0	14	3.9	8	2.7	97	4.8
Phytotherapy	19	3.6	14	3.3	13	3.1	15	4.2	9	3.0	70	3.4
Tryptophan	2	0.4	1	0.2	0	0.0	1	0.3	2	0.7	6	0.3
Vitamin B6	3	0.6	2	0.5	0	0.0	1	0.3	0	0.0	6	0.3
Homeopathy	12	2.3	6	1.4	9	2.1	10	2.8	7	2.3	44	2.2
Other products	3	0.6	3	0.7	5	1.2	7	2.0	9	3.0	27	1.3
Suggested by:
Pediatrician	47	9.0	32	7.5	27	6.4	32	9.0	24	8.1	162	8.0
Other parents	2	0.4	1	0.2	0	0.0	1	0.3	0	0.0	4	0.2
Pharmacist	9	1.7	5	1.2	4	0.9	6	1.7	3	1.0	27	1.3
Auto-prescription	2	0.4	1	0.2	5	1.2	2	0.6	6	2.0	16	0.8
Are products to sleep effective
No	20	3.8	11	2.6	14	3.3	10	2.8	11	3.7	66	3.3
Sometimes	26	4.8	20	4.7	14	3.3	17	4.8	8	2.7	84	4.1
Yes	13	2.5	7	1.6	7	1.6	12	3.4	13	4.4	52	2.6
Uses products to sleep now
No	502	96.0	420	97.9	421	99.1	352	99.2	291	97.7	1986	97.8
Yes	21	4.0	9	2.1	3	0.7	3	0.8	7	2.3	43	2.1
Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0