TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep disorders in Tourette syndrome
T2 - A primary or unrelated problem?
AU - Allen, Richard P.
AU - Singer, Harvey S.
AU - Brown, Janice E.
AU - Salam, Marguerite M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded in part by grants from the Tourette Syndrome Association, the Edward Stuart Foundation, and from the US Public Health Service (NIH NS27327).
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Sleep disturbances are a common complaint in children with either Tourette syndrome (TS) or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Because a significant number of individuals with TS also have ADHD, we attempted to determine whether sleep difficulties reported in TS are a primary problem or are related to the co-occurrence of ADHD. Using a parent-completed sleep questionnaire, data were collected on boys, ages 7-14 years. Three groups, TS-only (N = 57), ADHD-only (N = 21), and TS+ADHD (N = 89), were compared to an age-matched control population (N = 146). The complaint of "poor sleep" occurred in 26% with TS-only, 48% with ADHD-only, and 41% with TS+ADHD; all were significantly different from 10% found in controls. Of 19 sleep questionnaire items, the incidence of problems occurred statistically more frequently in 5 of 19 for the TS-only group, in 6 of 19 for the ADHD-only group, and in 17 of 19 for the TS+ADHD group. Boys with TS+ADHD had many sleep problems which appeared to be related to an arousal disorder. Although the use of medications, especially stimulants and anti-depressants, were different between the TS-only and TS+ADHD groups, this factor did not account for the large discrepancies in sleep disturbance. In boys with TS, sleep problems usually occurred with the co-morbid feature ADHD.
AB - Sleep disturbances are a common complaint in children with either Tourette syndrome (TS) or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Because a significant number of individuals with TS also have ADHD, we attempted to determine whether sleep difficulties reported in TS are a primary problem or are related to the co-occurrence of ADHD. Using a parent-completed sleep questionnaire, data were collected on boys, ages 7-14 years. Three groups, TS-only (N = 57), ADHD-only (N = 21), and TS+ADHD (N = 89), were compared to an age-matched control population (N = 146). The complaint of "poor sleep" occurred in 26% with TS-only, 48% with ADHD-only, and 41% with TS+ADHD; all were significantly different from 10% found in controls. Of 19 sleep questionnaire items, the incidence of problems occurred statistically more frequently in 5 of 19 for the TS-only group, in 6 of 19 for the ADHD-only group, and in 17 of 19 for the TS+ADHD group. Boys with TS+ADHD had many sleep problems which appeared to be related to an arousal disorder. Although the use of medications, especially stimulants and anti-depressants, were different between the TS-only and TS+ADHD groups, this factor did not account for the large discrepancies in sleep disturbance. In boys with TS, sleep problems usually occurred with the co-morbid feature ADHD.
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U2 - 10.1016/0887-8994(92)90365-6
DO - 10.1016/0887-8994(92)90365-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 1388416
AN - SCOPUS:0026671807
SN - 0887-8994
VL - 8
SP - 275
EP - 280
JO - Pediatric Neurology
JF - Pediatric Neurology
IS - 4
ER -