The Validation of a New Measure of Sleep in Children

描述（由申请方提供）：本研究的总体目的是 增加评估学龄前儿童睡眠质量的现有措施， 学龄前儿童。睡眠是儿童时期最显著的行为， 睡眠不足与儿童的社会心理功能和社会功能有关。 严重的健康问题，如糖尿病、哮喘和高血压。许多 关于正常和不正常睡眠的意义的问题仍然存在， 无人回应收集大样本数据的措施有限。 需要多种方法来解决广泛的睡眠相关问题。 各种领域的问题。该项目将评估结构 一项新的睡眠质量研究措施的有效性，儿童的睡眠-觉醒 量表（CSWS），通过证明（a）CSWS评分充分相关 与其他主观和客观的睡眠测量（体动仪和睡眠 日记），和（B）CSWS上的子量表评分将作为以下函数而不同： 孩子们对已知与睡眠有关的变量的立场。数据将 共收集了120名2至8岁的儿童。这 样本将由四组儿童组成：（1）特别好的 睡眠者，（2）夜间哮喘儿童，（3）不依从的儿童 行为;（4）来自普通人群的儿童。管理员将 管理CSWS。然后，将睡眠-觉醒日记和活动记录数据 收集了7天。在这段时间结束时，管理员将再次 完成CSWS。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The general objective of this study is to add to the available measures for assessing sleep quality in preschool and early school-age children. Sleep is the most notable behavior during childhood, and poor sleep is related to children's psychosocial functioning and socially significant health problems, such as diabetes, asthma, and hypertension. Many questions concerning the significance of normal and abnormal sleep remain unanswered. Measures for collecting data with large samples are limited. Multiple methodologies are needed to address a broad range of sleep-related questions in a variety of fields. This project will assess the construct validity of a new research measure of sleep quality, the Children's Sleep-Wake Scale (CSWS), by demonstrating that (a) scores on the CSWS correlate adequately with other subjective and objective measures of sleep (actigraphy and sleep diaries), and (b) subscale scores on the CSWS will differ as a function of children's standing on variables known to be related to sleep. Data will be collected on a total of 120 children between the ages of 2 and 8 years. This sample will be comprised of four groups of children: (1) exceptionally good sleepers, (2) children with nocturnal asthma, (3) children with noncompliant behavior, and (4) children from the general population. Caretakers will be administered the CSWS. Then, sleep-wake diary and actigraphic data will be collected for 7 days. At the end of this period, the caretakers will again complete the CSWS.