ABSTRACT
Sleep problems have been clinically reported in an estimated 25%–50% of children and adolescents diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (Owens, 2005). There is a two-to threefold higher prevalence of sleep problems in children with ADHD compared to controls, which includes difficulty falling asleep, frequent night waking, and increased tiredness upon awakening (Cohen-Zion and Ancoli-Israel, 2004). Parents of ADHD children have reported more sleep problems themselves (Kaplan et al., 1987). ADHD children had more sleep-related breathing disorder symptoms, enuresis, sleep talking, bruxism, as well as parasomnias (night terrors and sleepwalking) than control groups (Corkum et al., 2001). Children with ADHD were found to have significantly reduced sleep duration and increased number of stage shifts (Miano et al., 2006).
