Relations Between Sleep and Temperament in Preschool Children With ADHD.

The objective of this study was to assess the links between temperament and sleep in a group of preschoolers with ADHD. Twenty-five ADHD ( = 5.37 years, = 1.

Actigraphic Sleep Pattern of Preschoolers With ADHD.

To assess the features of sleep in preschoolers with ADHD by means of questionnaire and actigraphy. Twenty-five ADHD and 21 age-matched typically developing (TD) preschool children underwent the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) for ages 1½ to 5 and Pre-School-Age Psychiatric Assessment interview. Sleep was assessed by means of a modified Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children and wrist actigraphy for at least 5 days.

Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation in Preschoolers With ADHD: Identification, Comorbidity, and Interpersonal Functioning.

Objective: This study aims to develop an age-adjusted Child Behavior Checklist- (CBCL) and Teacher Report Form (TRF)-based method for the detection of deficient emotional self-regulation (DESR) in preschoolers with ADHD and to assess its incidence, comorbidities, and consequences on interpersonal functioning.

Method: Eighty-six ADHD preschoolers and 104 controls were assessed using CBCL, TRF/1½ to 5, Psychiatric Interview With Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment, Leiter-R, and ADHD rating scales.

Results: Greatest sensitivity and specificity were obtained applying slightly lower threshold scores compared with school-age children (CBCL: Anxiety/Depression [A/D] ≥ 59, Attention Problems [AP] ≥ 60, Aggression Behaviors [AB] ≥ 58; TRF: A/D ≥ 59, AP ≥ 60, AB ≥ 60).

Sleep architecture and NREM alterations in children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome.

Study Objectives: To analyze sleep in children with Asperger syndrome (AS) by means of standard sleep questionnaires, to evaluate sleep architecture and NREM sleep alterations by means of cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) and to correlate objective sleep parameters with cognitive behavioral measures.

Design: Cross-sectional study involving validated sleep questionnaires, neuropsychological scales, and PSG recording.

Setting: Sleep medicine center.

Sleep cyclic alternating pattern in normal preschool-aged children.

Study Objectives: To evaluate the characteristics of the cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in the sleep of preschool-aged children in order to obtain normative parameters in this age range.

Design: Prospective study.

Settings: University sleep laboratory.

Sleep cyclic alternating pattern in normal school-age children.

Objectives: To evaluate cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in sleep of school-age children in order to obtain a standardized database for CAP parameters in this age range.

Methods: CAP parameters were quantified in 10 normal healthy subjects (6 males and 4 females, mean age 8.3 years; range 6-10 years).