The Relationship Between Sleep and Behavioral Problems Over 36 Months in Children with Newly-Diagnosed Epilepsy as Assessed by Multiple Informants
Abstract number :
2.299
Submission category :
11. Behavior/Neuropsychology/Language / 11B. Pediatrics
Year :
2021
Submission ID :
1825702
Source :
www.aesnet.org
Presentation date :
12/9/2021 12:00:00 PM
Published date :
Nov 22, 2021, 06:50 AM
Authors :
Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, MD, PhD - University of California - Davis; Danielle Harvey – University of California Davis; David Dunn – Indiana University School of Medicine; Jana Jones – University of Wisconsin Madison; Bruce Hermann – University of WIsconsin Madison; Anna Byars – University of Cincinnati; Joan Austin – Indiana University School of Nursing
Rationale: There is accumulating evidence indicating a cross-sectional relationship between sleep abnormalities and emotional-behavioral problems in children with epilepsy. Even though sleep disturbances and epilepsy are closely related, there is limited evidence documenting the evolution and prospective progression of this relationship over time. The rationale of this study is two-fold: (1) characterize the strength and reliability of the relationship between sleep disturbances and emotional-behavioral problems in children with epilepsy via multiple informants, and (2) determine the stability of these findings prospectively by assessing sleep-behavior relationships at distinct timepoints over a 36-month period.
Methods: 387 children with newly diagnosed epilepsy, ages 6-16 years (mean age 9.42 years, 52% female), diagnosed at Indiana University and the University of Cincinnati (Austin et al., 2002, 2004) were recruited within 6 weeks of initial seizure onset. Average age of seizure onset was 9.2 years. Each child underwent evaluation of their sleep (Sleep Behavior Questionnaire [SBQ]) along with their emotional and behavioral status (Children’s Depression Inventory [CDI], Mean Affect Adjective Check List [MAACL], Child Behavior Checklist – parental form [CBCL] and teacher form [TRF]) at baseline (B), 18 months later (M18), and 36 months later (M36). Spearman and Pearson correlations were performed, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005.
Behavior