Reliability and validity of Turkish Sleep Disturbance 
Scale for Children

Akçay, Duygu; Akçay, Bülent Devrim; Bozkurt, Özlem Hekim

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“…These control group patients presented with high fever and other nonspecific upper respiratory tract infection symptoms without an apparent history of contact with known COVID-19 cases. The age range of the target population was 6-16 years since the sleep disturbance scale for children (SDSC) questionnaire assesses children and adolescents in this age group [5,6]. Patients with a history of previous COVID-19 infection, history of melatonin treatment in the previous 4 weeks, sleep apnea syndrome, chronic neuromuscular disease, and those whose legal guardians did not give consent were excluded.…”

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“…The primary reason for the evaluation of sleep at two different time frames was analyzing the impact of COVID-19 infection on the patients' sleep characteristics and comparison of the patients and controls in this regard. This questionnaire containing 27 Likert-type questions was designed to evaluate sleep disturbances in children and adolescents and was validated for the Turkish language [5,6]. It evaluates subsets of sleep disturbances, namely, disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep, sleep breathing disorders, disorders of arousal, sleep-wake transition disorders, disorders of excessive somnolence, and sleep hyperhidrosis) in children and adolescents.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on serum melatonin levels and sleep parameters in children

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Gültutan

Güngören³

et al. 2021

Turk J Med Sci

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Background/aim This study aimed to analyze the serum melatonin levels and changes in sleep patterns in pediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Materials and methods This study was designed as a descriptive, cross-sectional study. Serum melatonin levels and sleep parameters of children with the diagnosis of COVID-19 who had mild and moderate disease (i.e., COVID-19 group) were compared with those of children admitted with non-COVID-19 nonspecific upper respiratory tract infection (i.e., control group). The sleep disturbance scale for children (SDSC) questionnaire was applied to the participants› primary caregivers to analyze their sleep patterns at present and six months before symptom onset and to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on sleep patterns. Results The entire study cohort consisted of 106 patients. The COVID-19 group included 80 patients, while the control group consisted of 26 patients. The mean serum melatonin levels were 136.72 pg/mL and 172.63 pg/mL in the COVID-19 and control groups, respectively (p = 0.16). There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of 6 subcategories of the SDSC questionnaire regarding the present time and 6 months before symptom onset. The total SDSC scores were also similar in two different evaluation time points described above (p = 0.99). Conclusions We conclude that COVID-19 did not impact the sleep parameters of children. Serum melatonin levels of all patients were higher than the reference range; however, they were higher in the non-COVID-19 patient group than the COVID-19 group. Since serum melatonin levels were higher than the reference values in children with COVID-19, and this disease is significantly less morbid in children, melatonin may have protective effects against COVID-19.

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Impact of COVID-19 on serum melatonin levels and sleep parameters in children

Köken

Gültutan

Güngören³

et al. 2021

Turk J Med Sci

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“…This tool has been translated into many languages with satisfactory results in terms of validity and reliability. A Turkish version was validated by Akcay et al ., and used in the study 16 . Romeo et al .…”

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“…A Turkish version was validated by Akcay et al, and used in the study. 16 Romeo et al applied the SDSC to pre-school children (3-6 years). 17 In this study, the questionnaire was administered to the primary care givers.…”

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Sleep disturbances in children with cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia and typically developing children during COVID‐19 pandemic

Eyüboğlu

Aslan

Gürsoy

et al. 2021

J Paediatrics Child Health

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Aim We aimed to investigate sleep disturbances in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) and typically developing (TD) children during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Methods Primary care givers of children with CF and PCD aged 3–16 years were asked to enrol in the study. Primary care givers of TD children were included as control group. The Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) was used, and questions related to sleep habits during the pandemic were asked. Results of the three groups were compared. Results Primary care givers of 33 children with CF, 16 children with PCD and 66 TD children were included in the study. There were no differences in terms of age and gender between the three groups. Changes in sleep patterns during the pandemic were more common among TD children and their families, with 75% of the children and 80% of their families sleeping later than before. The sleep initiation and maintenance disorder scores were higher in TD children ( P = 0.001), whereas the sleep breathing disorder scores were higher in children with PCD ( P = 0.001), and the sleep hyperhidrosis scores were higher in children with CF and PCD ( P = 0.011). No relationships were found between sleep parameters and clinical findings of children with lung disease. Conclusions Children's sleep habits have changed during the pandemic. Children with chronic lung diseases and even TD children may experience sleep disturbances during this period.

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“…The sleep scale also measures the children's sleep onset time and sleep duration. The Turkish validity and reliability study of the sleep scale was conducted by Akçay et al The Cronbach's alpha value, which was examined to test the internal consistency of the scale, was found to be 0.82 (25).…”

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The Mediating Role of Resilience in the Relationship between Social Exclusion and Sleep Parameters in Refugee Children

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Kaplan,

Kılıçaslan

2024

Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi

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Background: This study was conducted to examine the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between social exclusion and sleep status of refugee children. Materials and Methods: This study is a descriptive and relational study. The data were obtained through “Child Information Form”, “Ostracism Experience Scale for Adolescents”, “Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children” and “Child and Youth Resilience Measure”. A total of 791 refugee children were included in the study. The mediating role of resilience in the relationship between social exclusion and sleep status of refugee children was examined with Process Macro programme. Results: Social exclusion has a statistically significant positive effect on sleep disturbance (β1=0.960; p<0.001). 92% of the change in sleep disturbance score is explained by social exclusion score (R2=0.920). The resilience is significantly negatively correlated with social exclusion (β1=-0.920; p<0.001). The social exclusion explains 84% of the resilience score (R2=0.840). If social exclusion increases by one point, there will be a 0.430 increase in sleep disturbance scores β1=0.430; p<0.001). If resilience increases by one point, there will be a 0.570 decreases in sleep disturbance scores β1=-0.570; p<0.001). The social exclusion and resilience scores explain 98% of sleep disturbance scores (R2 = 0.980). Conclusions: In our study, it was found that children’s resilience status played an important mediating role in the relationship between social exclusion and sleep status. It was detected that children with good adaptation skills and coping capacities had less impairment in sleep quality and duration. It was found that refugee children who were isolated and excluded from the society were negatively affected with respect to their sleep patterns whereas children who were not excluded and ignored in the society they lived in had better coping skills and fewer sleep disturbances.

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Reliability and validity of Turkish Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children

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Impact of COVID-19 on serum melatonin levels and sleep parameters in children

Impact of COVID-19 on serum melatonin levels and sleep parameters in children

Sleep disturbances in children with cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia and typically developing children during COVID‐19 pandemic

The Mediating Role of Resilience in the Relationship between Social Exclusion and Sleep Parameters in Refugee Children

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