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Hindi Research Article, J Sleep Disor Treat Care Vol: 4 Issue: 2
Evaluation of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire in a Community and Clinical Population of Children and Adolescents
| Dimitris Dikeos1, Alexandra Soldatou2*, Foteini Kontopoulou3, George Zelios1, Fotini Haviara1, Antigone Papavasiliou3 and Helen Lazaratou1 |
| 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece |
| 2Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece |
| 3Department of Pediatric Neurology, Pendeli Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece |
| Corresponding author : Alexandra Soldatou, M.D Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School, 2nd Department of Pediatrics, ‘P.& A. Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Str., 11527 Athens, Greece Tel: +30 210 7793000; Fax: +30 210 7774383 E-mail: alex_soldatou@hotmail.com |
| Received: July 03, 2014 Accepted: April 15, 2015 Published: April 17, 2015 |
| Citation: Dikeos D, Soldatou A, Kontopoulou F, Zelios G, Haviara F, Papavasiliou A, Lazaratou H, et al. (2015) Evaluation of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire in a Community and Clinical Population of Children and Adolescents. J Sleep Disor: Treat Care 4:2. doi:10.4172/2325-9639.1000154 |
Abstract
Evaluation of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire in a Community and Clinical Population of Children and Adolescents
Objectives: To evaluate the use of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) in a community and clinical population of children and adolescents and to record their sleep problems; to develop a Greek version of the CSHQ and to assess its psychometric properties.
Methods: The CSHQ was translated in Greek and it was administered to the parents of 576 children aged 1 – 17 years. The community sample was drawn from schools, while the clinical from a Community Mental Health Center and a Pediatric Neurology Department of a Pediatric Hospital. Internal consistency was measured based on Cronbach's α. Differences in the scores were assessed by ANOVA followed by t-tests. Age-dependent analysis was performed for children younger than 4 years and older than 12 years in the clinical population.
Results: Cronbach's α were 0.745 for the total and 0.708 for the community sample. Cronbach's α if item deleted ranged from 0.725 to 0.753. Cronbach's α of the subscales extended from 0.502 (sleep anxiety) to 0.735 (bedtime resistance). For children younger than 4 years, α was 0.732; for children older than 12 years it was 0.878.
Conclusions: The Greek version of the CSHQ demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties in community and clinical populations. Previous findings that CSHQ is a useful tool for toddler and clinical groups were confirmed. This is the first study to demonstrate satisfactory psychometric properties of the CSHQ in a clinical group of adolescents.
