Parental perceived child sleep problems: A concept analysis.

Defining the concept of parental perceived child sleep problems facilitate health professionals a foundation for consistent use, understanding, and evaluation of parent-reported child sleep outcome. Future research on the standard conceptual and operational definition of parental perceived child sleep problem, and its potential antecedents and consequences is warranted. The characteristic of parental perceived sleep problems, together with child sleep history and objective sleep measures should be integrated to evaluate child sleep health.