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Abstract：
Sleep is a major concern in Down syndrome children. Obstructive sleep apnea, delayed sleep onset, night-time and early awakenings have been reported contributing to the cognitive and behavioral outcomes. The aim is to evaluate sleep related difficulties in Down syndrome young children. A questionnaire of sleep related difficulties was translated and validated into Arabic language then was filled in by caregivers of 45 Down syndrome and 48 normal children. The questionnaire consisted of sections related to snoring, breathing difficulties, mouth breathing, upper respiratory tract infections, sleep position, restless sleep and frequent awakening, and daytime behavior. The results show highly significant differences between the total and subtotal questionnaire scores with higher scores in the control group. The questionnaire has a good reliability. Test-retest reliability of the questionnaire revealed a significant positive correlation in the total questionnaire and all the subitems except for the 7th subitem of the daytime behavior which showed no significant correlation. The questionnaire showed 100% sensitivity and 70.8% Specificity with at cut-off value of 8.5. The sleep related difficulties questionnaire has good psychometric properties and could detect significant sleep problems in Down syndrome children.
UNASSIGNED: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-023-04090-9.
UNASSIGNED: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-023-04090-9.
摘要：
睡眠是唐氏综合症儿童的主要问题。阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停,延迟睡眠发作，据报道，夜间和早醒有助于认知和行为结果。目的是评估唐氏综合症幼儿的睡眠相关困难。将与睡眠有关的困难的问卷翻译并验证为阿拉伯语，然后由45名唐氏综合症和48名正常儿童的照顾者填写。问卷包括与打鼾有关的部分，呼吸困难,嘴巴呼吸,上呼吸道感染,睡姿,不安的睡眠和频繁的觉醒，和白天的行为。结果显示，对照组问卷总分和小计得分之间存在高度显着差异，得分较高。问卷具有较好的信度。问卷的重测信度显示，除日间行为的第7个子项目外，总问卷和所有子项目均呈显着正相关。问卷显示100％的敏感性和70.8％的特异性，截止值为8.5。睡眠相关困难问卷具有良好的心理测量特性，可以检测唐氏综合征儿童的严重睡眠问题。
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