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Parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomatology and sleep problems in a preschool-age pediatric clinic sample.

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Willoughby, MT; Angold, A; Egger, HL
Published in: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
September 2008

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomatology and parent-reported sleep problems among preschoolers ages 2 to 5 years. METHOD: A total of 1,073 parents of preschoolers ages 2 to 5 years attending a large pediatric clinic completed the Child Behavior Checklist 1(1/2)-5 years. A stratified probability sample of 193 parents of high scorers and 114 parents of low scorers were interviewed with the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment. Poisson regression was used to test the association between parent-reported sleep problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomatology, as well as psychiatric and demographic covariates. RESULTS: When considered without reference to other psychiatric disorders, elevated hyperactive-impulsive symptomatology was positively associated with parent reported problems including sleep assistance, parasomnias, and dyssomnias; however, all of these effects were attenuated to nonsignificance once psychiatric comorbidity was controlled. In contrast, elevated inattentive symptomatology (especially at lower levels of hyperactive-impulsive symptoms) was positively associated with daytime sleepiness even after psychiatric comorbidity was controlled. CONCLUSIONS: Neither hyperactive-impulsive nor inattentive attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomatology was uniquely related to parent-reported problems involving sleep assistance, parasomnias, or dyssomnias. However, inattentive symptomatology was uniquely related to daytime sleepiness above and beyond commonly occurring patterns of psychiatric comorbidity, sleep duration, and demographic factors.

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J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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EISSN

1527-5418

Publication Date

September 2008

Volume

47

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1086 / 1094

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep Wake Disorders
  • Personality Assessment
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Disorders of Excessive Somnolence
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Comorbidity
  • Child, Preschool
 

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Willoughby, M. T., Angold, A., & Egger, H. L. (2008). Parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomatology and sleep problems in a preschool-age pediatric clinic sample. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 47(9), 1086–1094. https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e31817eed1b
Willoughby, Michael T., Adrian Angold, and Helen L. Egger. “Parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomatology and sleep problems in a preschool-age pediatric clinic sample.J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47, no. 9 (September 2008): 1086–94. https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e31817eed1b.
Willoughby MT, Angold A, Egger HL. Parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomatology and sleep problems in a preschool-age pediatric clinic sample. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Sep;47(9):1086–94.
Willoughby, Michael T., et al. “Parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomatology and sleep problems in a preschool-age pediatric clinic sample.J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, vol. 47, no. 9, Sept. 2008, pp. 1086–94. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/CHI.0b013e31817eed1b.
Willoughby MT, Angold A, Egger HL. Parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptomatology and sleep problems in a preschool-age pediatric clinic sample. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Sep;47(9):1086–1094.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

DOI

EISSN

1527-5418

Publication Date

September 2008

Volume

47

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1086 / 1094

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep Wake Disorders
  • Personality Assessment
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Disorders of Excessive Somnolence
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Comorbidity
  • Child, Preschool