Application of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) in preschool age

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 374-382

  Romeo, Domenico M ^a   Bruni, Oliviero ^b   Brogna, Claudia ^a   Ferri, Raffaele ^c   Galluccio, Carmen ^a   De Clemente, Valentina ^a   Di Jorio, Monica ^a   Quintiliani, Michela ^a   Ricci, Daniela ^a   Mercuri, Eugenio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Preschool; Questionnaire; Sleep; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUXISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERKINESIA; HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASOMNIA; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP DISTURBANCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; SLEEP WALKING; SOMNOLENCE; VARIMAX ROTATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84878884053     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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