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AAP Grand Rounds 4:20 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

NEUROLOGY

Sleep Disturbances and Attention Deficit Disorders

Source: Owens JA, Maxim R, Nobile C, et al. Parental and self-report of sleep in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:549–555.

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The prevalence of parent-reported and self-reported sleep disturbances in 46 unmedicated school-aged children (mean age, 7±11/2 years, 74% male) with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was determined at Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI. The patients had been screened for marked symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing, and those diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea were excluded. Results in the ADHD group of children were compared to those in 46 normal controls, matched for age and sex. A Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) completed by the parents includes sub-scales referring to bedtime resistance, sleep-onset delay, sleep duration, sleep anxiety, night wakings, parasomnias (talking in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

J. Gordon Millichap, MD, FAAP
Division of Neurology, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL