Objective: 

Sleep is critical for child health, but factors related to poverty create barriers to the achievement of healthful sleep. In this study, we examined the associations of insufficient diaper supply, a measure of material hardship, with child sleep.

Methods: 

This cross-sectional study included 129 parents of very young children. Each participant responded to an online material hardship assessment and the Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire–Revised. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the relationship between diaper need and sleep.

Results: 

Controlling for family and socioeconomic variables, diaper need was associated with disrupted, shorter sleep periods (β = −11.95, p < 0.001) and lower total sleep scores (β = −6.49, p = 0.004). High diaper need was associated with parent perception of poor sleep (β = −7.28, p = 0.017).

Conclusion: 

The findings suggest that an inadequate supply of diapers adversely affects children's sleep. Further research should evaluate how screening and connecting families to resources may improve pediatric sleep.

中文翻译：

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资源贫乏家庭的尿布需求与儿童睡眠之间的关联

客观的： 

睡眠对儿童健康至关重要，但与贫困相关的因素对实现健康睡眠造成了障碍。在这项研究中，我们研究了尿布供应不足（衡量物质困难的指标）与儿童睡眠之间的关系。

方法： 

这项横断面研究包括 129 名幼儿家长。每个参与者都对在线物质困难评估和婴儿睡眠简短调查问卷（修订版）做出回应。采用多元线性回归分析尿布需求与睡眠之间的关系。

结果： 

控制家庭和社会经济变量后，尿布需求与睡眠时间中断、较短（β = -11.95， p < 0.001）和较低的总睡眠评分（β = -6.49，p = 0.004）相关。尿布需求量高与家长对睡眠不佳的看法相关（β = -7.28，p = 0.017）。

结论： 

研究结果表明，尿布供应不足会对儿童的睡眠产生不利影响。进一步的研究应该评估筛查和家庭资源联系如何改善儿科睡眠。