Sleep disorders sometimes affect to  children's daily activities.   This problem   in   children   are   rarely   diagnosed   early   because   parents   lack understanding about a child's sleep needs. Difficulty in starting and maintaining sleep is one of the most common sleep problems among children.  Impaired and inadequate sleep can produce behavioral, affective, and cognitive dysfunction. There can also be an increase in behavioral problems among children who experience sleep disorders. OBJECTIVE : The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between  sleep disorder with mental emotional health  in child  outpatients clinic  at Tarakan general hospital of Jakarta period January- May 2019.   
METHOD :   the design was   an  observational   cross   sectional   study. The subjects was taken by  consecutive sampling using the Sleep Disturbances Scale for Children  (SDSC) questionnaire for sleep disorder and Strength and Difficulties   Questionnaire   (SDQ)  for   mental   emotional   health disorder.   The   inclusion   criteria   were all 4 -16  years children who attended  the outpatient clinic with their parents. While we exclude  children  and parents who were  not willing to fill out the questionnaire.
RESULT :   from 104 children outpatients  that met the inclusion criteria, there were   61  (59.6%) experienced sleep disorders during the previous 6 months and 34 children  (32.7%) experienced mental emotional health disorders. Mental disorders was found in 20.6% respondents without sleep disorders and 79.4% respondents with sleep disorders. The analysis with chi square test revealed that p value = 0,004 and RR = 2,61 between the two groups.
CONCLUSION :  there is a correlation  between sleep disorders and mental emotional health,  where children  with sleep disorders have a risk of 2.61 times  higher for experiencing mental emotional health disorders. Further research is needed to find out the causes of sleep disorders and also mental emotional disorders in children.