Association of parent-rated sleep disturbances with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms: 9-year follow-up of a population-based cohort study
Association of parent-rated sleep disturbances with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms: 9-year follow-up of a population-based cohort study
OBJECTIVE: Symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and sleep disturbances frequently co-occur, and can result in significant functional impairments that worsen quality of life. Despite a growing number of studies focusing on the association between sleep disturbances and ADHD symptoms over the last 20 years, the directionality of this association from childhood to early adulthood remains unclear.
METHOD: A sample of French parents (n = 1,055) were followed-up over a 9-year period. At children mean ages of 9, 13, and 18 years, parents were interviewed about their children's ADHD symptoms and sleep disturbances. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel models assessed the directionality of the association from childhood to early adulthood.
RESULTS: Parent-reported sleep disturbances at a mean age of 13 years predicted increased ADHD symptoms 5 years later. Additional analyses suggested that this effect might be limited to inattentive symptoms, and that ADHD symptoms at a mean age of 9 predicted increased sleep disturbances 4 years later.
CONCLUSION: The present study provides evidence of a directional longitudinal association between parent-reported sleep disturbances and ADHD symptoms from adolescence to early adulthood. Our results highlight the importance of identifying sleep disturbances and ADHD symptoms for the design of preventive interventions. Future studies investigating this association in children with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD have the potential to provide important information for clinical practice.
Adolescent, Adult, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/diagnosis, Child, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Parents, Quality of Life, Sleep, Sleep Wake Disorders/epidemiology
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Gosling, Corentin J
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Cortese, Samuele
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Konofal, Eric
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Lecendreux, Michel
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Faraone, Stephen V
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3 February 2023
Gosling, Corentin J
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Cortese, Samuele
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Konofal, Eric
6328bf1a-74f1-4438-8c14-333ccc8931eb
Lecendreux, Michel
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Faraone, Stephen V
11abe086-d301-4ca2-bbd5-d7a516be924f
Gosling, Corentin J, Cortese, Samuele, Konofal, Eric, Lecendreux, Michel and Faraone, Stephen V
(2023)
Association of parent-rated sleep disturbances with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms: 9-year follow-up of a population-based cohort study.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 62 (2), .
(doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2022.05.013).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and sleep disturbances frequently co-occur, and can result in significant functional impairments that worsen quality of life. Despite a growing number of studies focusing on the association between sleep disturbances and ADHD symptoms over the last 20 years, the directionality of this association from childhood to early adulthood remains unclear.
METHOD: A sample of French parents (n = 1,055) were followed-up over a 9-year period. At children mean ages of 9, 13, and 18 years, parents were interviewed about their children's ADHD symptoms and sleep disturbances. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel models assessed the directionality of the association from childhood to early adulthood.
RESULTS: Parent-reported sleep disturbances at a mean age of 13 years predicted increased ADHD symptoms 5 years later. Additional analyses suggested that this effect might be limited to inattentive symptoms, and that ADHD symptoms at a mean age of 9 predicted increased sleep disturbances 4 years later.
CONCLUSION: The present study provides evidence of a directional longitudinal association between parent-reported sleep disturbances and ADHD symptoms from adolescence to early adulthood. Our results highlight the importance of identifying sleep disturbances and ADHD symptoms for the design of preventive interventions. Future studies investigating this association in children with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD have the potential to provide important information for clinical practice.
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 June 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 June 2022
Published date: 3 February 2023
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Adolescent, Adult, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/diagnosis, Child, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Parents, Quality of Life, Sleep, Sleep Wake Disorders/epidemiology
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