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Associations of age and gender with activity and sleep
Author(s) -
Aronen ET,
Paavonen EJ,
Soininen M,
Fjällberg M
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2001.tb00288.x
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , medicine , motor activity , actigraphy , physical activity , demography , sleep patterns , audiology , circadian rhythm , developmental psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , sociology , computer science , operating system
Associations between age/gender and activity/sleep (measured by actigraphs) in 66 healthy children aged 5–12 y were studied. With increasing age, daytime motor activity and total sleep time decreased and activity pattern changed. No gender differences were found. It was concluded that in this age group there is an age‐dependent change in the amount and pattern of motor activity and sleep due to developmental and/or environmental factors.