TY  - JOUR
A1  - Roeser, Karolin
A1  - Eichholz, Ruth
A1  - Schwerdtle, Barbara
A1  - Schlarb, Angelika A.
A1  - Kübler, Andrea
T1  - Relationship of sleep quality and health-related quality of life in adolescents according to self- and proxy ratings: a questionnaire survey
N2  - Introduction: Sleep disturbances are common in adolescents and adversely affect performance, social contact, and susceptibility to stress. We investigated the hypothesis of a relationship between sleep and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and applied self- and proxy ratings. Materials and Methods: The sample comprised 92 adolescents aged 11–17 years. All participants and their parents completed a HRQoL measure and the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC ). Children with SDSC T -scores above the normal range (above 60) were classified as poor sleepers. Results: According to self- and proxy ratings, good sleepers reported significantly higher HRQoL than poor sleep- ers. Sleep disturbances were significantly higher and HRQoL significantly lower in self- as compared to parental ratings. Parent-child agreement was higher for subscales measuring observable aspects. Girls experienced significantly stronger sleep disturbances and lower self-rated HRQoL than boys. Discussion: Our findings support the positive relationship of sleep and HRQoL. Furthermore, parents significantly underestimate sleep disturbances and overestimate HRQoL in their children.
KW  - Psychiatrie
KW  - quality of life
KW  - sleep
KW  - adolescence
KW  - parent-child agreement
KW  - sleep disorders
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-75953
ER  -