title: Health-related quality of life among children presenting to a pediatric sleep disorders clinic.
abstract: The present study is a retrospective review of a clinical database that assessed the association between childhood sleep disturbances and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The sample consists of 80 caretakers of children ages 5 to 18 years referred to a pediatric sleep disorders clinic. Caretakers completed the Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form (CHQ-PF50) and the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ). Compared to a normative sample, caretakers of children with a sleep disorder reported poorer scores on the CHQ-PF50. Caretaker reports of HRQOL did not differ across sleep diagnostic groups, and scores on the CSHQ were not associated with scores on the CHQ-PF50. Results suggest that children with sleep disturbances experience a variety of HRQOL decrements that may benefit from intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence 02903, USA. chantelle_hart@brown.edu
authors.forename: Chantelle N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: Tonya M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Palermo
authors.forename: Carol L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Rosen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D001143:Arousal; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D020920:Dyssomnias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020447:Parasomnias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D017286:Polysomnography; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012913:Snoring / Q000523:psychology