The acceptability of sleep-deprived electroencephalograms.
The aim of this study was to ascertain the acceptability of sleep-deprived EEGs to parents and their young child. Fifty unselected children having a sleep-deprived EEG were recruited. Data were collected from a sleep diary, a parent questionnaire and the request form of the EEG. Data collected covered developmental, learning and behavioural problems and the acceptability of the sleep-deprived EEG. There were 29 males (58%) in the study group. The average age was 8.6 years (range 2-17 years). Fifty percent of parents found it difficult to keep their child awake at night and 30% of parents found it difficult to wake their child in the morning. Fifty-four percent of parents reported their child had difficult behaviour on the day of the EEG. None had seizures provoked by sleep deprivation.
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Department of Paediatric Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B6 4NH, UK.
Quinn
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Whitehouse
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D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires