en بررسی شیوع اختلالات خواب در کودکان سنین 2 تا 5 سال مهد کودک های شهر زنجان در سال 1395 Life Science Life Science مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Background and Objective: </strong></span>Sleep behaviors have a significant impact on a child&#39;s quality of life; thus, sleep disorders are a major concern for parents. These disorders show the highest prevalence amongst pre-school children which can lead to mood disorders and the disruption of cognitive and emotional abilities. These side effects can subsequently cause failure in school, family problems and psychiatric disorders.<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Material and Methods</strong><strong>:</strong></span> Primarily, a list of kindergartens located in Zanjan city were selected with the help of the State Welfare Organization of Iran. The cluster sampling method was used and 345 samples were randomly entered to the study. Parents were asked to respond to the researcher&rsquo;s questions based on BEARS questionnaire. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS software.<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Results:</strong></span> 304 out of 345 children participating in the study (88%) had sleep disorders. Fear of sleeping alone was the most reported sleep disorders (59.4%). Our study showed that the use of mass media reduced sleep-related problems (<em>P</em>=0.027). There was a significant relationship between maternal education and sleep disorders, and the lowest prevalence of sleep disorders was observed amongst children whose mothers held a bachelor&#39;s degree (<em>P</em>=0.008).<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Conclusion: </strong></span>The high prevalence of sleep disorders in this study suggests that such psychological problems require special attention on the part of pediatricians, pediatric psychiatrists and general health professionals with an orientation towards teamwork.</div> Sleep Wake Disorders, Child Preschool, Iran 15 20 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3851-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zohreh Torabi زهره ترابی drztorabi@zums.ac.ir 5200319475328460054189 5200319475328460054189 No Dept. of Pediatrics, Mousavi Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Afshin Mansouri افشین منصوری afshin.mansouri@yahoo.com 5200319475328460054190 5200319475328460054190 No Mousavi Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Alireza Armani علیرضا آرمانی dr.armanizums.ac.ir 5200319475328460054191 5200319475328460054191 No Dept. of Psychiatrist, Beheshti Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Hamid Khederlou حمید خدرلو ham_khed@yahoo.com 5200319475328460054192 5200319475328460054192 Yes Student Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran