Prevalence of Sleep Disorders and Sleep Behaviors in Children and Adolescents

Simonds, John F.; Párraga, Humberto C.

doi:10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60942-0

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“…4,24,38,39 As also noted in previous studies, 24,40,41 it was found that sleepwalking commonly begins in childhood and less frequently in adolescence. In addition, in most cases, the condition is outgrown before the age of 10 years.…”

Section: Sleepwalkingsupporting

confidence: 63%

“…3,38 Results of the present study showed no significant age effect between the ages of 11 and 13 years. In a recent epidemiologic study of 4866 normal adults of the United Kingdom, somniloquy was reported by 24.0% of the sample.…”

Section: Somniloquycontrasting

confidence: 44%

“…4,5,25,38,39,44,48,49 Prevalence studies of night terrors are difficult to compare, not only because of the differences in sampling methods, but primarily because of differences in defining night terrors. The prevalence of night terrors should be interpreted with caution because nightmares may at times be confounded with night terrors, especially for the retrospective data (ages 3-10 years).…”

Section: Night Terrorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Development of Parasomnias From Childhood to Early Adolescence

Laberge

Tremblay²,

Vitaro³

et al. 2000

Pediatrics

369

175

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ABSTRACT.Objectives. This study examines the prevalence and developmental changes of parasomnias and assesses gender differences, relationships between parasomnias, and associations with anxiety and family adversity using data collected during the course of a longitudinal study of a representative sample of children from Québec.Method. The present analyses are based on results available for 664 boys and 689 girls for whom mothers have completed questions concerning demographics, parasomnias, and anxiety level. For the prevalence and developmental aspects of parasomnias, prospective data were collected at annual intervals from 11 to 13 years old and retrospective data for the period between ages 3 and 10 years were collected when the children were 10 years old.Results. Somniloquy, leg restlessness, and sleep bruxism are the most frequent parasomnias. More girls were afflicted with leg restlessness, while enuresis and somniloquy were more common in boys. High anxiety scores were found in children suffering from night terrors, somniloquy, leg restlessness, sleep bruxism, and body rocking. Parasomnias were unrelated to the index of family adversity.Conclusions. Although sleepwalking, night terrors, enuresis, and body rocking dramatically decreased during childhood, somniloquy, leg restlessness, and sleep bruxism were still highly prevalent at age 13 years, paralleling results found in adults. Sleepwalking, night terrors, and somniloquy are conditions often found together. The only robust gender difference was for enuresis. High anxiety scores in parasomnias are reported for the first time in a large, controlled study. Sociodemographic variables do not seem to play a major role in the occurrence of parasomnias. Pediatrics 2000; 106:67-74; sleep disorders, parasomnias, epidemiology, gender differences, anxiety, childhood, adolescence.

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Section: Sleepwalkingsupporting

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Section: Somniloquycontrasting

confidence: 44%

Section: Night Terrorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Development of Parasomnias From Childhood to Early Adolescence

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Tremblay²,

Vitaro³

et al. 2000

Pediatrics

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“…Presented in part at the V European Pdediatric Sleep Club Meeting, Messina February 10-11, 1995. 0 1996 European Sleep Research Society on sleep behaviour and are difficult to compare because the questions asked or the grading of the responses are different and lack a specific sensitivity (Dollinger 1982;Simonds et a[. 1982;Karacan er al.…”

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The Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) Construct ion and validation of an instrument to evaluate sleep disturbances in childhood and adolescence

Bruni

Ottaviano

Guidetti

et al. 1996

Journal of Sleep Research

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SUMMARYTo attempt a categorization of sleep disorders in children, we developed a 27 item Likert-type rating scale (Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children: SDSC) and assessed the psychometric properties was developed. The scale was distributed to the mothers of 1304 children (1 157 controls, mean age 9 . 8~; 147 sleep disorder subjects, mean age 9.2y, composed of four clinical groups: Insomnia 39 subjects, Hypersomnia 12 subjects, Respiratory disturbances during sleep 25 subjects and Parasomnias 7 1 subjects). The internal consistency was high in controls (0.79) and remained at a satisfactory level in sleep disorder subjects (0.71); the testhetest reliability was adequate for the total (I. =0.71) and single item scores. The factor analysis (variance explained 44.21%) yielded six factors which represented the most common areas of sleep disorders in childhood and adolescence. Enuresis was the only item with a factor loading lower than 0.40 and with a low inter-item correlation and was therefore eliminated, resulting in a final scale of 26 items. The re-evaluation of the sample, using the factor scores, supported the validity and the discriminating capacity of the scales between controls and the four clinical groups. The correlation between factor scores corroborated the hypothesis that childhood sleep disturbances are not independent entities nor do they cluster into different groupings related to each other. The SDSC appears to be a useful tool in evaluating the sleep disturbances of school-age children in clinical and nonclinical populations.

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“…1992, 1993). In addition, at puberty hormonal factors (Lugaresi (Anders et al 1980;Simonds and Parraga 1982;Rimpelä et al et al 1983) and disorders in the sleep/wake cycle (Saarenpää-1990;Tynjälä 1993;Tynjälä and Kannas 1993;Niemelä et al Heikkilä and Koivikko 1995) are associated with perceived 1994; Kannas et al 1995; tiredness. Tynjälä and Liinamo 1995;Välimaa et al 1995).…”

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Perceived tiredness among adolescents and its association with sleep habits and use of psychoactive substances

Tynjälä

Kannas

Levälahti

1997

Journal of Sleep Research

104

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SUMMARYThis study investigated the variation in perceived tiredness among 11, 13 and 15-yearold Finnish adolescents (n=4187). Additionally interrelationships between sleep habits, use of psychoactive substances (alcohol, tobacco and coffee) and perceived tiredness among 15-year-olds were examined. This study is part of an international, WHOcoordinated survey of school children's health and lifestyle (the HBSC Study). In Finland, research data represented the whole country. The data were collected in March-May 1994. Pupils responded anonymously to a standardized questionnaire during a class period. Subjective tiredness was very common and increased with age among adolescents. Perceived tiredness on at least four school mornings a week increased from 24 to 35% among boys and from 16 to 34% among girls. Feeling tired more often than once a week increased from 20 to 37% in girls and from 24 to 50% in boys. Structural equation models showed that interrelationships between three factors -sleep habits, use of psychoactive substances and perceived tiredness -were statistically significant. For these three factors the two remaining factors explained 24% of the variance of perceived tiredness among boys and 20% among girls, and the two remaining factors explained 42% (16%) of the variation in sleep habits. For the variance of the use of psychoactive substances sleep habits and perceived tiredness explained 26% (12%). Subjective tiredness is strongly age related; this together with the use of psychoactive substances and sleep habits regulate adolescents' daily life and well-being.

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Prevalence of Sleep Disorders and Sleep Behaviors in Children and Adolescents

Cited by 233 publications

References 12 publications

Development of Parasomnias From Childhood to Early Adolescence

Development of Parasomnias From Childhood to Early Adolescence

The Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) Construct ion and validation of an instrument to evaluate sleep disturbances in childhood and adolescence

Perceived tiredness among adolescents and its association with sleep habits and use of psychoactive substances

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