Short Sleep Duration and Behavioral Symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Healthy 7- to 8-Year-Old Children

It has been hypothesized that sleep deprivation may manifest in children as behavioral symptoms rather than as tiredness, but only a few studies have investigated this hypothesis. The objective of our study was to evaluate whether short sleep is associated with behavioral symptoms of attention-defic...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2009-05, Vol.123 (5), p.e857-e864
Main Authors: Paavonen, E. Juulia, Raikkonen, Katri, Lahti, Jari, Komsi, Niina, Heinonen, Kati, Pesonen, Anu-Katriina, Jarvenpaa, Anna-Liisa, Strandberg, Timo, Kajantie, Eero, Porkka-Heiskanen, Tarja
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Language:English
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Child
Children & youth
Comorbidity
Correlation analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Pediatrics
Sleep deprivation
Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology
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Summary:It has been hypothesized that sleep deprivation may manifest in children as behavioral symptoms rather than as tiredness, but only a few studies have investigated this hypothesis. The objective of our study was to evaluate whether short sleep is associated with behavioral symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 7- to 8-year-old children. We performed a cross-sectional study of children born in 1998 in Helsinki, Finland. The participants included 280 (146 girls, 134 boys) children with a mean age of 8.1 years (SD: 0.3; range: 7.4-8.8). Sleep quality was measured by using actigraphs. The Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children and the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale IV were administered to parents. Children whose average sleep duration as measured by actigraphs was short (
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2008-2164