Table 5.
Global measure of parents’ perception of child’s sleep quality in study of effect of melatonin on sleep problems in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Figures are means (SD)
| Melatonin (n=52) | Placebo (n=55) | Adjusted difference (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Week 12 | Change | Baseline | Week 12 | Change | |||
| Mean % of dissatisfied night sleeps | 31.3 (34.3) | 24.0 (33.2) | −7.3 (35.5) | 33.7 (35.3) | 31.0 (36.3) | −2.7 (36.9) | −5.9 (−17.8 to 6.1) | |
| Mean scores | 3.8 (1.2) | 3.4 (1.4) | −0.4 (1.4) | 4.0 (1.3) | 3.7 (1.2) | −0.3 (1.4) | −0.2 (−0.7 to 0.2) | |