Journal article
Evening circadian preference is associated with sleep problems and daytime sleepiness in adolescents with ADHD
Stephen P Becker, Delna K Kapadia, Chaya EM Fershtman, Emma Sciberras
Journal of Sleep Research | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12936
Abstract
Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by disruptions in sleep and changes in circadian preferences. Although adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at even higher risk of sleep disruption than their peers, no study has examined whether circadian preference is associated with sleep problems and daytime sleepiness in adolescents with ADHD. This study provides an initial test of the hypothesis that greater evening preference would be associated with more sleep problems and daytime sleepiness in adolescents diagnosed with ADHD. Participants were 80 adolescents (69% male), aged 13-17 years, with ADHD. Adolescents completed measures assessing circadian p..
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Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was supported by grant R03MH109787 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). SB is supported by award number K23MH108603 from the NIMH. DK's and CF's work on this project was supported through the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) programme. ES is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship (1110688) and a veski Inspiring Women's Fellowship. The funding source had no role in the: design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data; preparation, review or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the SURF programme or the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).