Institute of Psychology, Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Würzburg.
Nat Sci Sleep. 2012 Aug 30;4:97-102. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S33127. Print 2012.
A solid diagnosis of sleep disorders in children should include both self-ratings and parent ratings. However, there are few standardized self-assessment instruments to meet this need. The Children's Sleep Comic is an adapted version of the unpublished German questionnaire "Freiburger Kinderschlafcomic" and provides pictures for items and responses. Because the drawings were outdated and allowed only for qualitative analysis, we revised the comic, tested its applicability in a target sample, and suggest a procedure for quantitative analysis.
All items were updated and pictures were newly drawn. We used a sample of 201 children aged 5-10 years to test the applicability of the Children's Sleep Comic in young children and to run a preliminary analysis.
The Children's Sleep Comic comprises 37 items covering relevant aspects of sleep disorders in children. Application took on average 30 minutes. The procedure was well accepted by the children, as reflected by the absence of any dropouts. First comparisons with established questionnaires indicated moderate correlations.
The Children's Sleep Comic is appropriate for screening sleep behavior and sleep problems in children. The interactive procedure can foster a good relationship between the investigator and the child, and thus establish the basis for successful intervention if necessary.
儿童睡眠障碍的明确诊断应同时包括自身评估和家长评估。然而，目前几乎没有标准化的自我评估工具来满足这一需求。《儿童睡眠漫画》是未发表的德文问卷“弗赖堡儿童睡眠漫画”的改编版，为项目和答案提供了图片。由于这些图片已经过时，且只允许进行定性分析，因此我们对漫画进行了修订，在目标样本中测试了其适用性，并提出了一种定量分析的程序。
所有项目都进行了更新，图片也重新绘制。我们使用了一个 201 名 5-10 岁儿童的样本，以测试《儿童睡眠漫画》在幼儿中的适用性，并进行初步分析。
《儿童睡眠漫画》共包含 37 个项目，涵盖了儿童睡眠障碍的相关方面。应用程序平均需要 30 分钟。该程序得到了孩子们的良好接受，没有任何孩子中途退出。与已建立的问卷的初步比较表明，两者具有中等相关性。
《儿童睡眠漫画》适用于筛查儿童的睡眠行为和睡眠问题。互动程序可以促进调查员与儿童之间的良好关系，从而为必要时的成功干预奠定基础。
