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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Feb 20;53(5):550–558. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.12.029

Table 1.

Sleep problems, with sample questions, 3-month prevalence rates. Number of observation= 6,533*, age= 9-16.

Sleep problems, with sample questions N of observations Weighted prevalence: % 95% Confidence Interval
1. Difficulty falling asleep: “Is it hard to fall asleep when you want to? How long does it take?” 468 7.0 6.4, 9.3
2. Waking in the middle of the night: “Once you're off to sleep, do you wake up again in the night? Can you get back to sleep again easily?” 145 2.2 1.4, 2.9
3. Early morning awakening: “Do you wake up early in the morning and can't go back to sleep?” 201 2.9 2.2, 3.6
4. Hypersomnia: “Do you feel sleepy during the day? More than most people?” 163 2.1 1.5, 2.6
5. Nightmares: “Do you have bad dreams or nightmares? Do they wake you?” 396 5.6 4.5, 6.7
6. Restless sleep: “Do you sleep soundly/ Do you toss and turn?” 714 10.8 9.2, 12.5
7. Inadequately rested by sleep: “Are you fairly well rested when you get up?” 123 2.6 1.8, 3.4
8. Tiredness: “Have you been feeling especially tired or weary? How much of the time have you felt like that?” 135 2.6 1.8, 3.4
9. Fatigability, exhaustion: “Do you feel exhausted by things that would have been no problem before?” 118 2.0 1.3, 2.6
10. Somnambulism (parent report): “Does s/he ever walk in his/her sleep?” 236 2.9 2.0, 3.7
11. Night terrors (parent report): “Does s/he ever seem to be having a terrible dream, but doesn't wake up?” 156 1.8 1.2, 2.4
No sleep problems in past 3 months 4,669 73.9 71.6, 76.2
1 or more sleep problem 1,864 26.1 23.8, 28.4
2 or more sleep problems 906 12.4 11.1, 14.5
*

Missing sleep data: N = 139.