TY - JOUR T1 - Question 1 What is the impact of computer games on sleep in children? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 894 LP - 895 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300409 VL - 96 IS - 9 AU - Diluki Kevitiyagala AU - Fiona Finlay AU - Anna Baverstock Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/96/9/894.2.abstract N2 - You are a community paediatric registrar carrying out an outreach community clinic. You see a 12-year-old child who has difficulty settling down to sleep. You give his mother the usual sleep hygiene advice and discuss the importance of a good routine including having a period of ‘quiet time before lights out’. He currently plays computer games in his room before turning off the light. As part of your discussion you suggest that he stops playing computer games before bed. His mother, who is a staff nurse, asks what evidence there is to support this advice. You decide to examine the evidence. In a child of any age [subject], does computer game playing before bed [intervention] adversely affect sleep [outcome]? Primary sources PubMed was searched using the terms ‘children’ [MeSH] AND ‘sleep’ [MeSH] AND ‘computer games’ [MeSH]. Twelve articles were found of which all the abstracts were read. Only two articles were … ER -