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Validity and reliability of sleep time questionnaires in children and adolescents: A systematic review and

Marcus V Nascimento-Ferreira1, Tatiana S Collese2, Augusto César F de Moraes2

  • 1Youth/Child and Cardiovascular Risk and Environmental (YCARE) Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Sleep Medicine Reviews
|February 28, 2016
PubMed

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Sleep questionnaires for children and adolescents show moderate to strong validity when compared to accelerometers. Reliability assessments further strengthen the accuracy of these sleep duration tools.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatrics
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Sleep duration is crucial for child and adolescent health.
  • Numerous questionnaires exist to measure sleep patterns.
  • Objective measurement of sleep is needed for validation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review the criterion validity of sleep time questionnaires for children and adolescents.
  • To compare questionnaire data against accelerometer measurements.
  • To assess the impact of questionnaire reliability on validity.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of criterion validation studies.
  • Use of accelerometers as the reference standard.
  • Analysis of correlations between questionnaires and accelerometers.
  • Inclusion of studies with reliability assessments.

Main Results:

  • Strong correlation found between questionnaires and accelerometers for weeknights.
  • Moderate correlation found for weekend nights.
  • Reliability assessment significantly improved correlations for both weeknights and weekend nights.

Conclusions:

  • Sleep time questionnaires demonstrate moderate to strong criterion validity in pediatric populations.
  • Questionnaire reliability is a key factor in enhancing validation performance.
  • Validated questionnaires are valuable tools for sleep research in children and adolescents.

Keywords:
AccelerometerActigraphAdolescentsChildrenQuestionnaireReliabilitySleep timeSystematic reviewValidity

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