Sleep Patterns and Sleep Difficulties among Saudi Children in Tabuk City

Introduction: Sleep difficulties are common among children and pointers to serious physical mental disorders studies on the same lacks in Saudi Arabia. This is first study include 1-11 years of age. Thus, we aimed assess variable sleep patterns children. Methods: a cross-sectional that enrolled 188 (1-11 years) from waiting area pediatric outpatient clinic at Maternity Children Hospital, Tabuk city, Kingdom The was conducted October 2018. A structured questionnaire based children's habits distributed parents via one-to-one interview. In questionnaire, each item described their child’s behavior for recent week's pattern. Results: There were children, ages years. most problem sleep-related anxiety (81.5%) followed by resistance (59.8%) night waking (56.0%). least sleep-disordered breathing which observed 28.3% Conclusion: problems prevalent City, waking. more than quarter Further larger multi-center needed address causes problems.