Table 1.

Comparative analysis of children with moderate to severe persistent allergic rhinitis and non-allergic controls according to the total score and subscale score (median and interquartile range) of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ).

	Control	Allergic rhinitis	p
N	55	112
Age (years)b	7.3 ± 1.5	8.0 ± 1.8	0.2
Total CSHQ scorec	43 (38–49)	48 (44–54)a	<0.0001
Subscales
Resistance to sleepc	7 (6–10)	7 (6–10)	0.7
Start of sleepc	1 (1–2)	1 (1–2)	0.4
Sleep durationc	3 (3–3)	3 (3–5)	0.06
Sleep anxietyc	5 (4–7)	6 (4–8)	0.3
Nocturnal awakeningsc	3 (3–4)	4 (3–4)	0.08
Parasomniasc	8 (7–10)	9 (8–10)a	0.002
Respiratory disordersc	3 (3–4)	4 (3–5)a	0.003
Daytime sleepinessc	12 (9–14)	14 (10–17)a	0.003

^aMedian and interquartile interval–significantly higher.

^bStudent's t-test.

^cMann–Whitney.