Take care of sleep. Assessment and care of sleep in the child population

A conceptual work on sleep care in pediatric ages is presented with the aim of describing the characteristics, consequences of sleep deprivation or poor hygiene and presenting assessment instruments and care proposals. The information is structured in six thematic areas: 1. Sleep characteristics in pediatric age, 2. Consequences of poor sleep quality in children, 3. Sleep problems and disorders in pediatric age, 4. Prevalence of sleep impairment in pediatric age, 5. Sleep assessment in pediatric age, 6. Sleep-related nursing care. The assessment instruments by age and the diagnoses, objectives and specific interventions in care that should be considered in health education at these ages are presented. There are few studies on sleep in pediatric ages. Future lines of research would be of interest for the description of sleep habits in the child population and the identification of care needs to incorporate nursing interventions and test their effectiveness by age groups given the relevance to incorporate elevant evidence to care practice.