Objective: The circadian rhythm can affect the frequency and resistance of epileptic seizures. In this cross-sectional study, we examined the impact of chronobiology and sleep disturbances on children with epilepsy.
Methods: One hundred and twenty-five children and adolescents (55 patients and 70 controls) were included in the study. All participants were asked to complete the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-Child Version (RCADS-CV), Sleep Disturbances Scale for Children (SDSC), Childhood Chronotype Questionnaire (CCQ).
Results: According to the CCQ results, controls had longer sleep duration (median 595 vs. 570), lower morningness-eveningness scores (median: 28 vs. 30), and higher rates of the morningness (12.9% vs. 1.8%) and intermediate (74.3% vs. 60%) chronotypes. The children and adolescents with epilepsy scored significantly higher in the Sleep breathing disorders (p = .001), Disorders of arousal nightmares (p = .044), Sleep-wake transition disorders (p = .037), Disorders of excessive somnolence (p = .001), and total SDCS (p = .046) scores. According to the RCADS-CV results, the children with epilepsy scored significantly higher in all subscales in comparison to controls (p < .05).
Significance: Children and adolescents with epilepsy had shorter sleep duration were more likely to be evening-oriented and had more significant sleep disturbance symptoms compared to controls.
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