Aji Melissa, Xu Xiaomin, McDermott Emma A, Metz Madeline, Songco Annabel, O'Gradey-Lee Maddison, Lim Chloe Y S, Sicouri Gemma, Parrish Laura, Hudson Jennifer L
Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Rd, Randwick NSW 2031, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2025 May 21. doi: 10.1007/s10567-025-00526-6.
Sleep-related fears (i.e. fears related to sleep, nighttime and/or occurring before sleep) are linked to the development of anxiety and sleep problems in children. Parent- and child-report measurement tools are key to increasing understanding and facilitating better identification for treatment to prevent disorder development. We conducted a systematic review with the aim of identifying the breadth of parent- and child-report measures that include an assessment of sleep-related fears in children from 7 to 12 years old (stage 1) and reviewing the psychometric properties of measures that more comprehensively assess sleep-related fears (i.e. 3 or more items) using the COSMIN checklist (stage 2) to provide recommendations for measures (stage 3). A systematic search was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, ERIC and PsycINFO in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. At stage 1, we retrieved 14,495 records. Of these, 66 papers met eligibility and included 43 distinct measures. At stage 2, 11 out of the 43 measures met criteria for more comprehensive measurement of sleep-related fears. Findings demonstrated mixed and incomplete data and very little high-quality evidence. No measures met criteria for recommendation and the majority of measures require further validation studies.
与睡眠相关的恐惧（即与睡眠、夜间和/或睡前出现的恐惧）与儿童焦虑和睡眠问题的发展有关。家长报告和儿童报告测量工具是增进理解并促进更好地识别以进行治疗以预防疾病发展的关键。我们进行了一项系统综述，目的是确定家长报告和儿童报告测量方法的范围，这些方法包括对7至12岁儿童与睡眠相关恐惧的评估（第1阶段），并使用COSMIN清单审查更全面评估与睡眠相关恐惧的测量方法的心理测量特性（即3项或更多项）（第2阶段），以便为测量方法提供建议（第3阶段）。根据PRISMA指南，使用MEDLINE、EMBASE、ERIC和PsycINFO进行了系统检索。在第1阶段，我们检索到14495条记录。其中，66篇论文符合入选标准，包括43种不同的测量方法。在第2阶段，43种测量方法中有11种符合更全面测量与睡眠相关恐惧的标准。研究结果显示数据参差不齐且不完整，高质量证据很少。没有测量方法符合推荐标准，大多数测量方法需要进一步的验证研究。
