Comparison of sleep questionnaires in the assessment of sleep disturbances in children with autism spectrum disorders

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 795-801

  Johnson, Cynthia R ^a   Turner, Kylan S ^a   Foldes, Emily L ^a   Malow, Beth A ^b   Wiggs, Luci ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire; Modified Simonds Parraga Sleep Questionnaire; Sleep disturbance; Sleep disturbances; Sleep questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDREN SLEEP HABITS QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED SIMONDS AND PARRAGA SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84863864959     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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