Pediatric motor activity during sleep as measured by actigraphy.

Study Objectives: Provide actigraphic reference values for motor activity during sleep for children and adolescents ages 8-17 years.

Methods: Participants were 671 healthy community-dwelling children and adolescents (52% female, mean age 13.5 + 2.

Effects of the Young Adolescent Sleep Smart Program on sleep hygiene practices, sleep health efficacy, and behavioral well-being.

Objectives: Using a social learning model, the aim of the Sleep Smart Program was to primarily improve sleep health behaviors and secondarily improve academic performance and behavioral well-being.

Design: Randomized control trial for a social learning-based preventive intervention program.

Participants: A diverse group of seventh graders from 2 urban, middle schools were randomly assigned, according to school, to an 8-session Sleep Smart Program (SS = 70) or a comparison group (comparison = 73).

Family socioeconomic status and sleep patterns of young adolescents.

This study examined associations among socioeconomic status (SES), SES-related variables, and sleep in young middle school adolescents. Participants included 155 seventh-graders attending two urban New England middle schools. Aspects of the SES environment included parent demographic variables (e.

The effect of labeling on employee perceptions of residents living on Alzheimer's disease specialized care units.

Objectives: This study examined whether labeling influenced nursing home employees' perceptions of residents and how those perceptions could affect resident-caregiver interactions.

Design: This was a small descriptive study using vignettes and questionnaires.

Setting: Two nursing homes (one rural, one urban) in New England.