title: The relationships between sensory modulation and sleep among adolescents with ADHD.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sensory modulation and sleeping among 30 adolescents diagnosed with ADHD, compared with 28 adolescents without ADHD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two questionnaires were completed by parents to assess the participants' level of ADHD symptoms. Two other questionnaires were completed by the participants assessing difficulties in sensory modulation and sleep.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ADHD group had more sensory difficulties in Activity Level, Hearing, and Low Registration, and more difficulties in the Sleep Behavior variables. Higher correlations between the sensory variables and the sleep measures were found in the ADHD group as compared with the non-ADHD group. Significant differences between correlations were found between three sleep measures and four sensory variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The discussion is devoted to an assessment of the relationships between the measures, with the conclusion that among adolescents with ADHD, it is important to assess and treat possible sensory and sleep difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Yezreel Valley College, Israel dubil@yvc.ac.il.
authors.forename: Dubi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lufi
authors.affiliation: Yezreel Valley College, Israel Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Orna
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tzischinsky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires