Villalba-Heredia Lorena, Rodríguez Celestino, Santana Zaira, Areces Débora, Méndez-Giménez Antonio
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Faculty of Psychology, University of Oviedo, 33003 Asturias, Spain.
Brain Sci. 2021 Jan 13;11(1):97. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11010097.
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is commonly associated with disordered or disturbed sleep and the association of sleep problems with ADHD is complex and multidirectional. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between sleep and academic performance, comparing children with ADHD and a control group without ADHD. Academic performance in Spanish, mathematics, and a foreign language (English) was evaluated. Different presentations of ADHD were considered as well as the potential difference between weekday and weekend sleep habits. The sample consisted of 75 children aged 6-12 in primary education. Accelerometry was used to study sleep, and school grades were used to gather information about academic performance. The results showed that ADHD influenced the amount of sleep during weekends, the time getting up at the weekends, weekday sleep efficiency, as well as academic performance. Given the effects that were seen in the variables linked to the weekend, it is necessary to consider a longitudinal design with which to determine if there is a cause and effect relationship.
注意力缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)通常与睡眠紊乱或睡眠障碍有关,且睡眠问题与ADHD之间的关联复杂且具有多向性。本研究的目的是分析睡眠与学业成绩之间的关系,比较患有ADHD的儿童和未患ADHD的对照组儿童。评估了西班牙语、数学和一门外语(英语)的学业成绩。研究还考虑了ADHD的不同表现形式以及工作日和周末睡眠习惯之间的潜在差异。样本包括75名6至12岁的小学儿童。采用加速度计研究睡眠情况,并通过学校成绩收集学业成绩信息。结果表明,ADHD会影响周末的睡眠时间、周末起床时间、工作日睡眠效率以及学业成绩。鉴于在与周末相关的变量中观察到的影响,有必要采用纵向设计来确定是否存在因果关系。