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Association between sleep and working memory in children with ADHD: a cross-sectional study
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posted on 2015-10-01, 00:00 authored by Emma SciberrasEmma Sciberras, A DePetro, F Mensah, H HiscockOBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND: This study aimed to examine the relationship between sleep problems and working memory in children aged 5-13 years with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). PATIENTS/METHODS: Children with ADHD were recruited into a randomized controlled trial from 21 paediatric practices in VIC, Australia. Cross-sectional data for intervention and control children were pooled at 6 months post randomization for the current analyses (n = 189). Children who met the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for ADHD and had a parent-reported moderate/severe sleep problem that fulfilled diagnostic criteria for a behavioural sleep disorder were recruited into the study. Sleep was assessed by detailed parent (Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire) and self-reports (Self-Sleep Report). Working memory was measured using the Working Memory Test Battery for Children (low and very low working memory defined as <25th and <10th percentiles, respectively). Analyses were adjusted for child age and gender, internalizing and externalizing comorbidities, and socio-economic status. RESULTS: Self-reported sleep problem severity was associated with poorer working memory; for each standard deviation increase in self-reported sleep problems, working memory scores decreased by -3.8 points (95% confidence interval (CI): -6.7, -0.8; p = 0.01). There was some evidence that self-reported sleep problems were associated with low (p = 0.06) and very low working memory (p = 0.01). There was minimal evidence that parent-reported sleep problems were associated with poorer working memory with the exception of bedtime resistance problems. CONCLUSIONS: Behavioural sleep problems and working memory are associated in children with ADHD, particularly when sleep is assessed by self-report.
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Sleep medicineVolume
16Issue
10Pagination
1192 - 1197Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1389-9457eISSN
1878-5506Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2015, ElsevierUsage metrics
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Attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorderChildExecutive functioningSleepWorking memoryAdolescentAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMemory DisordersMemory, Short-TermNeuropsychological TestsSleep Wake DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineClinical NeurologyNeurosciences & NeurologyDEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERSCHOOL-AGED CHILDRENRANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIALDAYTIME SLEEPINESSADOLESCENTSINTERVENTIONCONSEQUENCESPREVALENCEHABITS
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