Table 2

Changes over the time periods in the total CSHQ scores of children with cerebral palsy and PSQI and BDI-II-TR scores of mothers.

VariablesBaselineFirst monthThird monthSixth monthp1p2p3
Mean±SD
Total CSHQ score49.29±6.4546.8±6.247.04±5.78248.13±5.551NSNSNS
Bedtime resistance11.71±3.2610±2.7510.29±2.6910.58±2.450.009**NSNS
Sleep onset delay1.5±0.721.17±0.481.13±0.341.21±0.41NSNSNS
Sleep duration3.58±1.323.33±0.563.25±0.533.38±0.77NSNSNS
Sleep anxiety8.0±2.577.13±2.277.25±2.547.29±2.330.046**NSNS
Night waking4.83±1.054.46±1.284.92±1.285.33±1.4NSNSNS
Parasomnia9.16±2.169.45±1.799.38±1.799.33±1.97NSNSNS
Sleep disordered breathing3.58±0.933.5±0.723.54±0.883.71±0.91NSNSNS
Day time sleepiness11.67±2.1410.25±1.9610.96±1.8312.0±2.650.007**NSNS
PSQI6.29±3.244.08±2.344.79±2.656.13±3.33<0.001**0.028*NS
BDI-II-TR10.13±10.237.25±6.275.58±4.226.46±3.99NS0.014**0.039**
  • CSHQ - Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire, PSQI - Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, BDI-II-TR - Beck Depression Inventory-II Turkish version, NS - not significant, p1 - baseline versus first month, p2 - baseline versus third month, p3 - baseline versus sixth month,

  • * paired Student t-test;

  • ** related sample Wilcoxon signed-rank test