Preliminary report on construction and validation of a pediatric sleep disturbance questionnaire.
A scale to assess sleep disturbance of children with developmental disabilities is reported. The scale has been used with a small sample of 14 children diagnosed as having Tourette Disorder, 36 physically handicapped children (cerebral palsy). Also, a group of 115 nonhandicapped Native American children were surveyed to assess whether the items might be appropriate for use with such children. The scale has 6 distinct factors and appears to have adequate reliability and validity.
Cook
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J
Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan.
Burd
L
L
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000523:psychology; D014851:Wakefulness