title: Sleep in children with disruptive behavioral disorders.
abstract: This study compared sleep in patients with Conduct Disorder/Oppositional Defiant Disorder (CD/ODD) and normative children and evaluated the associations between sleep and behavioral symptoms in patients. Participants were 30 patients, aged 7 to 12 years, with diagnoses of CD/ODD and their age and gender matched controls. Patients with CD/ODD and their parents reported significantly more sleep problems than did the control children and their parents (p values < 0.01). By actigraphy, CD/ODD children with comorbid ADHD slept significantly less than did the patients with CD/ODD alone and the controls. In patients, low sleep amount and efficiency associated with increased amount of parent-reported externalizing symptoms (r = -0.72, 0.66, p values < 0.001). Results highlight the need of evaluating sleep in children with CD/ODD. Improving their sleep may ease their symptoms.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Child Psychiatry Children's Hospital, Helsinki University and Helsinki University Central Hospital.
authors.forename: Eeva T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Aronen
authors.forename: Tuulikki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lampenius
authors.forename: Tuija
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fontell
authors.forename: Petteri
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simola
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D057566:Self Report; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires