Mantz J, Muzet A
Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Psychologie environnementales CNRS/INRS, Strasbourg.
Arch Fr Pediatr. 1991 Jan;48(1):19-24.
A study of the total duration of sleep and its repartition during the 24-hour period was performed in 588 3 years old children entering kindergarten. The medical evaluation included physical examination, maturity tests, family interview. A detailed study of sleep schedule and school attendance was made in a group of 347 children. It appeared that almost 75% of the children are at school the whole day, a full time attendance without connection with the fact that the mother is professionally active or not. In these children, the absence of nap was not compensated by a longer nocturnal sleep and, very often, a state of chronic fatigue was noted. In conclusion, the modification of school rhythms is not to be considered as the unique end to achieve for the child: the family arrhythmia is to be taken into account as a matter of urgency, and an adequate information, clear and repetitive, needs to be widely provided.
对588名即将进入幼儿园的3岁儿童进行了一项关于24小时内睡眠总时长及其分配情况的研究。医学评估包括体格检查、成熟度测试、家庭访谈。对347名儿童进行了睡眠时间表和上学出勤情况的详细研究。结果显示，近75%的儿童全天都在上学，全日制出勤与母亲是否有职业活动无关。在这些儿童中，午睡的缺失并没有通过更长的夜间睡眠得到弥补，而且经常会出现慢性疲劳状态。总之，学校作息节奏的调整不应被视为儿童要实现的唯一目标：家庭节奏紊乱问题亟待考虑，需要广泛提供充分、清晰且反复的信息。
