Roeser Karolin, Eichholz Ruth, Schwerdtle Barbara, Schlarb Angelika A, Kübler Andrea
Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg Würzburg, Germany.
Front Psychiatry. 2012 Sep 3;3:76. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00076. eCollection 2012.
Sleep disturbances are common in adolescents and adversely affect performance, social contact, and susceptibility to stress. We investigated the hypothesis of a relationship between sleep and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and applied self- and proxy ratings.
The sample comprised 92 adolescents aged 11-17 years. All participants and their parents completed a HRQoL measure and the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC). Children with SDSC T-scores above the normal range (above 60) were classified as poor sleepers.
According to self- and proxy ratings, good sleepers reported significantly higher HRQoL than poor sleepers. Sleep disturbances were significantly higher and HRQoL significantly lower in self- as compared to parental ratings. Parent-child agreement was higher for subscales measuring observable aspects. Girls experienced significantly stronger sleep disturbances and lower self-rated HRQoL than boys.
Our findings support the positive relationship of sleep and HRQoL. Furthermore, parents significantly underestimate sleep disturbances and overestimate HRQoL in their children.
睡眠障碍在青少年中很常见,会对其表现、社交以及应激易感性产生不利影响。我们研究了睡眠与健康相关生活质量(HRQoL)之间关系的假设,并应用了自评和他人评测量方法。
样本包括92名11至17岁的青少年。所有参与者及其父母都完成了一项HRQoL测量以及儿童睡眠障碍量表(SDSC)。SDSC T分数高于正常范围(高于60)的儿童被归类为睡眠不佳者。
根据自评和他人评测量,睡眠良好者报告的HRQoL显著高于睡眠不佳者。与父母的评价相比,自评的睡眠障碍显著更高,HRQoL显著更低。在测量可观察方面的子量表上,亲子一致性更高。女孩比男孩经历的睡眠障碍明显更严重,自评的HRQoL更低。
我们的研究结果支持睡眠与HRQoL之间的正相关关系。此外,父母显著低估了孩子的睡眠障碍,高估了孩子的HRQoL。