Epidemiological studies on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) provided evidence of syndrome persistence in adulthood. Moreover, ADHD symptoms have been reported to be associated with impaired daytime functioning and clinically relevant poor sleep in 50% of ADHD diagnosed adults. Our study aimed to provide acontribution to the understanding of the relationship between adult ADHD symptoms and Poor Sleep assessed in 247 (Males=116)healthy adults by means of the ADHD Adult Self Report (ASRS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). ASRS is a likert-type scaledivided in two parts: Part A (ASRS-A) is for Inattention (ADHD/in)symptoms; part B (ASRS-B) is for Hyperactivity/Impulsivity symp-toms (ADHD/HI); symptoms severity toward ADHD-like diagnosis aredefined by scores≤17 on subscales. PSQI assessed subjective TotalSleep Time (TST), Time in Bed (TIB), Sleep Latency (SL), SleepEfficacy (SE); Sleep Disturbances (SD) and Sleep Quality (SQ). In our sample, 13.36% were ADHD/In, 11.74% ADHD/HI and 9.31%displayed high scores on subscales combination (ADHD/Comb).Correlational analysis (Spearman -q) showed significant positiveassociation between ADHD/in and DS (q=0.179;P=0.03) and QS(q=0.223;P=0.00). ADHD/HI found to be positively associatedwith DS (q=0.305;P=0.00), QS (q=0.244;P=0.00) andnegatively to SE (q=–0.172P=0.04) and TST (q=–0.169;P=0.04). ADHD/Comb is was positively associated with increasedSL (q=0.129;P=0.02), DS (q=0.307;P=0.00), QS (q=0.310;P=0.00) and negatively with SE (q=–0.149;P=0.01). Our findings provided evidence of ADHD symptoms spectrum presence on healthy adults and seem to confirm poorer sleep features in those individuals reporting higher ADHD symptoms.
Costanzo, A., Maisto, M., Arpino, T., Bruno, F., Cirace, D., Gazzillo, D., et al. (2016). Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms and sleep quality assessed on healty adults. Intervento presentato a: 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, 13–16 September 2016, Bologna, Italy, Bologna, Italy [10.1111/jsr.12445].
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms and sleep quality assessed on healty adults
Maisto, M;
2016
Abstract
Epidemiological studies on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) provided evidence of syndrome persistence in adulthood. Moreover, ADHD symptoms have been reported to be associated with impaired daytime functioning and clinically relevant poor sleep in 50% of ADHD diagnosed adults. Our study aimed to provide acontribution to the understanding of the relationship between adult ADHD symptoms and Poor Sleep assessed in 247 (Males=116)healthy adults by means of the ADHD Adult Self Report (ASRS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). ASRS is a likert-type scaledivided in two parts: Part A (ASRS-A) is for Inattention (ADHD/in)symptoms; part B (ASRS-B) is for Hyperactivity/Impulsivity symp-toms (ADHD/HI); symptoms severity toward ADHD-like diagnosis aredefined by scores≤17 on subscales. PSQI assessed subjective TotalSleep Time (TST), Time in Bed (TIB), Sleep Latency (SL), SleepEfficacy (SE); Sleep Disturbances (SD) and Sleep Quality (SQ). In our sample, 13.36% were ADHD/In, 11.74% ADHD/HI and 9.31%displayed high scores on subscales combination (ADHD/Comb).Correlational analysis (Spearman -q) showed significant positiveassociation between ADHD/in and DS (q=0.179;P=0.03) and QS(q=0.223;P=0.00). ADHD/HI found to be positively associatedwith DS (q=0.305;P=0.00), QS (q=0.244;P=0.00) andnegatively to SE (q=–0.172P=0.04) and TST (q=–0.169;P=0.04). ADHD/Comb is was positively associated with increasedSL (q=0.129;P=0.02), DS (q=0.307;P=0.00), QS (q=0.310;P=0.00) and negatively with SE (q=–0.149;P=0.01). Our findings provided evidence of ADHD symptoms spectrum presence on healthy adults and seem to confirm poorer sleep features in those individuals reporting higher ADHD symptoms.
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