Complementary and Integrative Approaches to Sleep Disorders in Children.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Review
- Population
- Children and adolescents with sleep disorders including chronic insomnia; review of complementary and integrative approaches including supplements and behavioral interventions.
- Intervention
- Complementary and Integrative Approaches to Sleep Disorders in Children. None
- Comparator
- None
- Primary Outcome
- Sleep quality improvement in children and adolescents with sleep disorders
- Effect Direction
- Positive
- Risk of Bias
- Unclear
Abstract
Sleep problems are very common in children and adolescents. Chronic insomnia is the leading cause of sleep disorders in children and adolescents. Adjunctive interventions that address low ferritin levels and vitamin D3 deficiency are helpful in children and adolescents. The addition of l-5-hydroxytryptophan, gabadone, l-theanine, Ashwagandha, omega 3 fatty acids, probiotics in bipolar disorder, and children with colic, meditation, and changing from a high-fat diet to a Mediterranean diet are also helpful adjunctive interventions. Actigraphy data should be collected in future sleep studies because subjective data may not indicate the true effect of the intervention.
TL;DR
Adjunctive interventions that address low ferritin levels and vitamin D3 deficiency are helpful in children and adolescents and the addition of l-5-hydroxytryptophan, gabadone, l-theanine, Ashwagandha, omega 3 fatty acids, probiotics in bipolar disorder, and children with colic are helpful adjunctive interventions.