Research Article

Sleep Pattern and Problems in Young Children Visiting Outpatient Department of a Tertiary Level Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal

Table 3

Sleep characteristics according to age group.

Sleep characteristicsOverall6-12 months13-24 months25-35 months# value

Duration of total sleep (hours)0.013
Duration of night sleep (hours)0.061
Duration of day sleep hours)0.009
Duration of night time awakening (minutes)0.209
Time to put to sleep (minutes)0.987
Number of night time awakening (numbers)0.007

; # value significant at ≤ 0.05 for the Kruskal-Wallis test.