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Effects of stimulant treatment on sleep in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Source :
- Sleep and Biological Rhythms. 19:69-77
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- The main objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of sleep disorders in treatment-naive children and adolescents with ADHD compared with healthy controls matched for age and gender; and, at the same time, to determine whether stimulant medication (methylphenidate) affects sleep in the same group of children and adolescents with ADHD (naive) after a 3-month treatment. A total of 120 children and adolescents (60 newly diagnosed with ADHD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM IV), and 60 gender- and age-matched controls) were evaluated through objective (actigraphy) and subjective (sleep diary) measures. Later, of those 60 newly diagnosed with ADHD, 30 started pharmacological treatment with methylphenidate with a mean daily dose of 0.58 mg/kg. No significant differences in both measures within the ADHD group after following the 3-month pharmacological treatment with methylphenidate were found. There were neither any significant differences in sleep parameters through objective measures between the medication-naive ADHD group and the control group, while significant differences were found through sleep diary (registered by parents) in latency and efficiency (p =
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
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Neurology
Physiology
Methylphenidate
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Case-control study
Actigraphy
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Sleep in non-human animals
Stimulant
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0302 clinical medicine
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology (medical)
mental disorders
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Sleep diary
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030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14798425 and 14469235
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sleep and Biological Rhythms
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........06c05b15a84ef7e07d96406f50209e4c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s41105-020-00289-3