Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Measurements in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Stéphanie Bioulac, Jacques Taillard, Pierre Philip, Patricia Sagaspe
Front. Psychiatry. 2020-02-26; 11:
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00003

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1. Front Psychiatry. 2020 Feb 26;11:3. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00003. eCollection
2020.

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Measurements in Children With Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder.

Bioulac S(1)(2)(3), Taillard J(2)(3), Philip P(1)(2)(3), Sagaspe P(1)(3).

Author information:
(1)CHU Pellegrin, Clinique du Sommeil, Bordeaux, France.
(2)Université de Bordeaux, Sommeil, Attention et Neuropsychiatrie, USR 3413,
Bordeaux, France.
(3)CNRS, SANPSY, USR 3413, Bordeaux, France.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed
neurodevelopmental disorder in childhood. It is a heterogeneous disorder in terms
of clinical presentation that is probably due to the frequent occurrence of
comorbidity. Children with ADHD more frequently report sleep disorders (notably
delayed sleep phase syndrome) and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) than
typically developing children. The aim of this article is to propose a narrative
review of the assessment of EDS in the context of ADHD with first a summary of
the subjective and objective tools used to measure it. Secondly, perspectives in
terms of electroencephalogram (EEG) markers and neurofeedback are proposed. Then,
possibilities for new kinds of evaluation are discussed (virtual reality,
ecological momentary assessment, etc.). Lastly, we discuss specific clinical
situations with EDS in the context of ADHD as links with narcolepsy, the
comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, and the context of sluggish
cognitive tempo.

Copyright © 2020 Bioulac, Taillard, Philip and Sagaspe.

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00003
PMCID: PMC7055535
PMID: 32174847

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