SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Pediatric Sleep Tools: An Updated Literature Review.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of proxy-report questionnaires assessing physical activity, sedentary behavior and/or sleep in young children (aged 0-5 years).The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- The Validity, Reliability, and Feasibility of Measurement Tools Used to Assess Sleep of Pre-school Aged Children: A Systematic Rapid Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Treating preschooler behavioural sleep problems via parent-mediated telehealth: A randomized controlled trial.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- Fears and Worries at Nighttime in Young Children: Development and Psychometric Validation of a Parent-Report Measure (FAWN-YC).Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Behavioral and parental predictors of infant and toddler sleep quality.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Sleep disturbances in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A narrative review.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Review
- The Power of Pediatric Sleep: Shaping Healthy Evidence-Based 24/7 Lifestyles for Generation Alpha.Pediatric discovery · 2025Article
- Helping Clinicians Conceptualise Behavioural Insomnia in Children: Development of the Manifestations and Vulnerabilities of Behavioural Insomnia in Childhood Scale (MAVBICS).Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Validation of the Morningness-Eveningness Scale for Children (MESC) with ambulatory circadian monitoring of temperature, light exposure and activity.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
- Clinical and Demographic Correlates of Insomnia Symptoms in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- SLEEP-WAKE: A Comprehensive Mnemonic for Systematic Screening of Sleep-Related Issues.Pediatric discovery · 2025Article
- Development and field test of the child and adolescent sleep checklist for parents of community junior high school students.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Association of digital media use with sleep habits in school children: A cross-sectional study.Sleep medicine: X · 2024Article
- Evaluating Sleep in Autism Using CSHQ and CSHQ-Autism - A Perspective Through the Cultural Lens.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Associations between sleep problems in children with ADHD and parental insomnia and ADHD symptoms.PloS one · 2024Article
- Forward and Back is Not Enough: Applying Best Practices for Translation of Pediatric Sleep Questionnaires.Frontiers in sleep · 2024Article
- International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea.International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2023Review
- Sleep-related items on the school-age CBCL and the PROMIS sleep disturbance 4-item short-form: A psychometric comparison from the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program.Psychological assessment · 2023Article
- Night Sleep and Parental Bedtime Practices in Low-Risk Preterm and Full-Term Late Talkers.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children: Italian Validation in Autism Spectrum Disorder Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Since a thorough review in 2011 by Spruyt, into the integral pitfalls of pediatric questionnaires in sleep, sleep researchers worldwide have further evaluated many existing tools. This systematic review aims to comprehensively evaluate and summarize the tools currently in circulation and provide recommendations for potential evolving avenues of pediatric sleep interest. 144 "tool"-studies (70 tools) have been published aiming at investigating sleep in primarily 6-18 years old per parental report. Although 27 new tools were discovered, most of the studies translated or evaluated the psychometric properties of existing tools. Some form of normative values has been established in 18 studies. More than half of the tools queried general sleep problems. Extra efforts in tool development are still needed for tools that assess children outside the 6-to-12-year-old age range, as well as for tools examining sleep-related aspects beyond sleep problems/disorders. Especially assessing the validity of tools has been pursued vis-à-vis fulfillment of psychometric criteria. While the Spruyt et al. review provided a rigorous step-by-step guide into the development and validation of such tools, a pattern of steps continue to be overlooked. As these instruments are potentially valuable in assisting in the development of a clinical diagnosis into pediatric sleep pathologies, it is required that while they are primary subjective measures, they behave as objective measures. More tools for specific populations (e.g., in terms of ages, developmental disabilities, and sleep pathologies) are still needed.
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