Application of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) in infants and toddlers (6–36 months)

Romeo, Domenico M.; Cordaro, Giorgia; Macchione, Elisa; Venezia, Ilaria; Brogna, Claudia; Bruni, Oliviero

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2021.02.001

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“…As previously done in the similar studies [10], most of the infants (62.0%) slept >9 h per night and that none slept <5 h. 59.7% of the young children fell asleep 30min after going to bed. The highest prevalence of frequencies of parent-reported sleeping disturbances symptoms was item5 (77.3%) , and the lowest was item1(0.2%) and item13(0.2%)(see Table 4).…”

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“…The normality of the data was examined by using the ShapiroeWilks test. The Manne-Whitney U test was used for two groups( children aged 6 ~ 23 months and children aged 24 ~ 36 months) as previous study [10]. Item analysis was used to test the appropriateness of the items.…”

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“…The results showed that its psychometric properties are also satisfactory,and it could be used as an epidemiological screening tool for parent-reported sleep disorders in Chinese school-age children.In 2019, Lecuelle et al [9] rstly validated the SDSC for French preschoolers (aged 6 months to 4 years). The convergent validity and internal reliability of a 22-item SDSC for young children (SDSC-Y) were acceptable.Subsequently, Romeo et al [10] applied a 22-item version of the SDSC to a convenience sample of 193 Italian infants and toddlers (aged 6-36 months), and a 19 items questionnaire eventually formed was encouraged for the evaluation of sleep problems.…”

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Validation of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) in Infants and Toddlers from Mainland China

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A Chinese version of the sleep disturbance scale for children (SDSC) has been validated for 5 to 16-year olds. However, the assessment tool of sleep disturbance in infants and young children from mainland China is relatively rare and limited, and clinicians cannot objectively, accurately, and comprehensively screen for early detection and intervene to treat them. Background:To evaluate the reliability and validity of SDSC among infants (aged 6 months to 36 months) in mainland China, and to provide a reference for expanding the application of the SDSC for the Chinese infants (SDSC-I). Methods: From April to November 2021, parents of infants from Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Longyan, Sanming and Nanping in Fujian Province completed the SDSC which is specifically for infants and toddlers. The reliability and validity of the scales were estimated by item analysis, standard Cronbach's alpha coefficient, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factorial analyses (CFA) and other measurement characteristics. Results: 432 out of 469 samples were valid. Through item selections and exploratory factory analysis, the SDSC-I concluded 6 dimensions (Disorders of Initiating Sleep, Disorders of Maintaining Sleep, Sleep Hyperhidrosis, Sleep Breathing Disorders, Parasomnias, and Non-Restorative Sleep and Excessive Somnolence) including 23 items. Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.863, for the 6 dimensions were within 0.576–0.835. The values of parameters for content validity of the scale were: IR = 0.87, I-CVI > 0.78, Kappa value > 0.74, S-CVI/UA = 0.87, S-CVI/Ave = 0.98. Principal component analysis revealed that, the KMO value was 0.84, the factor loading of items ranged from 0.328–0.849, with 6 factors of eigenvalue > 1, which could explain 58.274% of the total variance. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed: χ2/DF was 3.556, RMSEA was 0.077, CFI was 0.809, and SRMR was 0.070. Conclusions: The SDSC-I has been proved to be reliable and valid, and it can assess the sleep problems of infants in a comprehensive and detailed manner. Therefore, the scale is useful for early screening and adetection of sleep disorders by clinicians, and is worthy of popularization and application.

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Validation of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) in Infants and Toddlers from Mainland China

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“…The SDSC was originally validated on a sample of 6- to 16-year-old healthy children from the general population [ 19 ] but was also used for younger children [ 20 , 21 ]. We grouped questions related to sleep-disordered breathing into one question and selected, in total, 13 items in order to facilitate the compilation by parents.…”

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Changes in Sleep Patterns and Disorders in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders during the COVID-19 Lockdown

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Background. The COVID-19 lockdown determined important changes in the sleep of a large percentage of the world population. We assessed the modifications of reported sleep patterns and disturbances in Italian children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD), compared to control children, before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy. Methods. Parents of 100 ASD, 236 ADHD patients, and 340 healthy children filled out an anonymous online survey and a modified version of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC), advertised via social media, to evaluate sleep patterns and disturbances of their children before and during the lockdown. Results. Before the lockdown, bedtime and risetime were not different between the three groups. During the lockdown, ADHD children tended to have a later bedtime and risetime than ASD and controls, while ASD children tended to maintain similar bedtime and risetime. Overall, during the lockdown, a reduced sleep duration significantly differentiated clinical groups from controls. Anxiety at bedtime, difficulties in falling asleep, and daytime sleepiness increased in all groups during the lockdown. Hypnic jerks, rhythmic movement disorders, night awakenings, restless sleep, sleepwalking, and daytime sleepiness increased in ASD and ADHD patients, in particular. Conclusions. This is the first study comparing sleep habits and disorders in ASD and ADHD during the lockdown showing specific differences consistent with the core characteristics of two neurodevelopmental disorders.

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“…OSAS significantly affects quality of life of children and families, hence the scientific interest on the parent-report sleep questionnaires to screen pediatric OSAS has increasingly risen [ 2 ]. Currently, several questionnaires such as the Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18 (OSA-18 [ 3 ];), the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ [ 4 ];), the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children [ 5 ] and the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ [ 6 ];) are in circulation. Translation from the original English into other languages are available, CSHQ, PSQ, and OSA-18 being the most frequently translated tools.…”

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Linguistic adaptation and psychometric evaluation of Italian version of children’s sleep habits questionnaire

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Background The Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) is a parent-report questionnaire used to examine sleep behavior in children. Linguistic adaptation of CSHQ into several languages and/or psychometric analysis of reliability have been published. Main text Our aim was to translate the original 33-items CSHQ from English to Italian and to examine its reliability for use in 4–10 years-old children of Italy. After translation and back-translation procedure of the original CSHQ, the Italian CSHQ (CSHQ-IT) was administered to 69 mothers of healthy children. Reliability of CSHQ-IT was examined by the internal consistency of the scale (using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient), and by the test-retest analysis obtained by asking mothers who had completed the CSHQ-IT at baseline to re-complete it after a two-week interval (measured with the Lin’s Concordance Correlation Coefficient, CCC). The CSHQ-IT showed adequate internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.81 for the total scale). The total CSHQ-IT score showed a strong correlation in retests (CCC 0.87; 95% Confidence Interval, 0.80; 0.92). Conclusion CSHQ-IT is a valuable tool for evaluating sleep behavior in children 4–10 years-old in Italy. Future research should be implemented to provide definitive validity of CSHQ-IT in children with sleep-disordered breathing.

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Application of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) in infants and toddlers (6–36 months)

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Validation of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) in Infants and Toddlers from Mainland China

Validation of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) in Infants and Toddlers from Mainland China

Changes in Sleep Patterns and Disorders in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Linguistic adaptation and psychometric evaluation of Italian version of children’s sleep habits questionnaire

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