Table 1 Items of the short version of the sleep questionnaire for children
From: Reliability and validity of a brief sleep questionnaire for children in Japan
I-T correlation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | r | p | ||
Bedtime behavior | |||||
1. | Child falls asleep with rocking or rhythmic movements | 1.17 | 0.50 | 0.174 | 0.000 |
2. | Child needs special object to fall asleep (doll, special blanket, etc.) | 1.40 | 0.77 | 0.216 | 0.000 |
3. | Child resists going to bed at bedtime | 1.49 | 0.67 | 0.332 | 0.000 |
4. | Child is afraid of sleeping in the dark | 1.55 | 0.82 | 0.234 | 0.000 |
Sleep behavior | |||||
5. | Child talks during sleep | 1.41 | 0.58 | 0.232 | 0.000 |
6. | Child is restless and moves a lot during sleep | 1.68 | 0.77 | 0.345 | 0.000 |
7. | Child sleepwalks during the night | 1.04 | 0.21 | 0.185 | 0.000 |
8. | Child grinds teeth during sleep (your dentist may have told you this) | 1.29 | 0.55 | 0.247 | 0.000 |
9. | Child snores loudly | 1.28 | 0.54 | 0.205 | 0.000 |
10. | Child seems to stop breathing during sleep | 1.04 | 0.20 | 0.147 | 0.000 |
11. | Child snorts and/or gasps during sleep | 1.03 | 0.20 | 0.187 | 0.000 |
12. | Child awakens during night screaming, sweating, and inconsolable | 1.07 | 0.29 | 0.224 | 0.000 |
13. | Child awakens alarmed by a frightening dream | 1.10 | 0.31 | 0.262 | 0.000 |
Difficulty with morning waking | |||||
14. | Child wakes up in negative mood | 1.66 | 0.77 | 0.404 | 0.000 |
15. | Child has difficulty getting out of bed in the morning | 1.87 | 0.84 | 0.467 | 0.000 |
16. | Child takes a long time to become alert in the morning | 1.76 | 0.82 | 0.492 | 0.000 |
17. | Child wakes up very early in the morning | 1.32 | 0.59 | − 0.142 | 0.000 |
18. | Child has a good appetite in the morning | 1.79 | 0.78 | 0.189 | 0.000 |
Hypersomniac symptoms | |||||
19. | Child suddenly falls asleep in the middle of active behavior | 1.04 | 0.21 | 0.066 | 0.102 |