1- MSc student in Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 2- MSc in Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 3- Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. , ramezani_mn@yahoo.com
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Sleep disorders are common psychological disorders that disturb physical and mental health as well as quality of life. Sleep disturbances are a group of syndromes that are characterized by impairment in the amount of sleep, sleep quality, sleep time, or disorder in the behavioral or physiological conditions that occur during sleep. Sleep disorder is a common complaint in childhood and it’sthe fifth cause of referrals to pediatricians. Although Sleep disorder is considered one of the common disorders in the period of childhood, has not been largely investigated. In this article, Searching for texts related was perform to the use of persian and English keywords "sleep disorder", "sleep habit", "sleep problem", "Children" & "Complementary and Alternative Therapies " in national databases including "SID , Magiran, IranMedex, IranDoc" and in the international databases included "PubMed, Google scholar, EMBASE, CINAHL" without time limitations. We discussed the epidemiology, types of sleep disorders in children and the role of complementary and alternative therapies in these disorders.