Impact of COVID-19 infection on the sleep of infants and toddlers
Our findings demonstrate that COVID-19 infection causes significant and prolonged disruptions to sleep architecture in infants and toddlers, with these effects persisting beyond the acute infection phase and being moderated by specific environmental factors, highlighting the need for routine sleep assessments in pediatric COVID-19 patients, targeted parental education on modifiable risk factors, and the development of interventions to mitigate sleep disturbances during future public health emergencies.
Authors
- Linan Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4577-191X)
- M J Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7278-1163)
- Debin Yang
- Zongyuan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8526-5590)
- Yajie Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7023-4844)
- Yuanzhe Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3200-6701)
- Bo Hu
- Jiping Lv
Institutions
- Zhengzhou Children's Hospital (CN)
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-05841-z
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China