Comparison of a commercial accelerometer with polysomnography and actigraphy in children and adolescents

LJ Meltzer, LS Hiruma, K Avis, H Montgomery-Downs… - Sleep, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Study Objectives: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the commercially available Fitbit
Ultra (2012) accelerometer compared to polysomnography (PSG) and two different …

The Children's Report of Sleep Patterns (CRSP): a self-report measure of sleep for school-aged children

LJ Meltzer, KT Avis, S Biggs, AC Reynolds… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: (1) Present preliminary psychometrics for the Children's Report of Sleep
Patterns (CRSP), a three-module measure of Sleep Patterns, Sleep Hygiene, and Sleep …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment and treatment of common pediatric sleep disorders

S Moturi, K Avis - Psychiatry (edgmont), 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Current evidence indicates that chronically disrupted sleep in children and adolescents can
lead to problems in cognitive functioning. Behavioral interventions for pediatric sleep …

Impact of media use on adolescent sleep efficiency

AD Fobian, K Avis, DC Schwebel - Journal of Developmental & …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: In 2010, American youth aged 8 to 18 spent an average of 7.5 hours daily using
entertainment media, an increase of more than an hour compared with 2005. Increase in …

Snoring, sleep quality, and sleepiness across attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder subtypes

MK LeBourgeois, K Avis, M Mixon, J Olmi, J Harsh - Sleep, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Study Objectives: To characterize the relationship between pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) subtypes, chronic snoring, and indexes of sleep quality and daytime …

Sleep quality, stress, caregiver burden, and quality of life in maternal caregivers of young children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

…, A Turner-Henson, BJ Christian, KT Avis… - Journal of pediatric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Little is known about the influence of sleep quality, stress, and caregiver burden on quality of
life in maternal caregivers of young children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). In 61 …

The children's report of sleep patterns: validity and reliability of the sleep hygiene index and sleep disturbance scale in adolescents

LJ Meltzer, C Brimeyer, K Russell, KT Avis, S Biggs… - Sleep Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective Sleep is critical for adolescent health and well-being. However, there are a limited
number of validated self-report measures of sleep for adolescents and no well-validated …

The Children's Report of Sleep Patterns–Sleepiness Scale: A self-report measure for school-aged children

LJ Meltzer, S Biggs, A Reynolds, KT Avis… - Sleep Medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To establish the psychometric properties of a self-report measure of daytime
sleepiness for school-aged children. METHODS: Three hundred eighty-eight children aged 8–…

Clinical application of actigraphy in psychotic disorders: a systematic review

M Tahmasian, H Khazaie, S Golshani, KT Avis - Current psychiatry reports, 2013 - Springer
Actigraphy has become increasingly recognized as a useful method to study sleep/wake
patterns and activity monitoring. It is a reliable tool for confirming a diagnosis and evaluating the …

Behavioral intervention to increase compliance with electroencephalographic procedures in children with developmental disabilities

KJ Slifer, KT Avis, RA Frutchey - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2008 - Elsevier
The EEG, or electroencephalogram, is a neurophysiological technique used to detect and
record electrical activity in the brain. It is critical to the diagnosis and management of seizure …