[Abstract] Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the sleep problem of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD).Methods 57 children with ADHD and 100 normal control children completed sleep questionnaire assessment.Results (1)Compared with normal controls,children with ADHD demonstrated late bedtime,longer sleep onset,easy to awake during sleep and hard to fall asleep again after awake,these differences were all statistically significant(P<0.05).(2)Compared with normal controls,children with ADHD demonstrated increasing snore,the difference was near to statistically significant(P=0.061).(3)Daytime sleepiness in children with ADHD was less than in normal control,but the difference was not statistically significant(P>0.05).(4)Enuresis,dreaming,somniloquence,night terrors,nightmare and sleepwalking in children with ADHD were more than in normal control,but the differences were not statistically significant(P>0.05).Conclusion (1)Children with ADHD display significantly more problems with sleep,which include late bedtime,longer sleep onset,easy to awake during sleep and hard to fall asleep again after awake.(2)Sleep disordered breathing(SDB) may be one of the reason of behavior disorder of children with ADHD.
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