Sleep disorders among adolescents in Nigeria: The development of an assessment instrument (Sleep Disorders in Nigeria Questionnaire [SDINQ]) (original) (raw)

European Psychiatry, 2016

Abstract

IntroductionNigerian adolescents report various sleep disorders metaphorically based on the local/native description of such disorders. Hence, it is sometimes difficult for clinicians without a good grasp of the nuance in their description to understand their presentation.AimTo develop a culturally relevant (Nigerian) instrument for assessing sleep disorders.MethodsOne thousand two hundred and twenty-seven Nigerian Secondary School adolescents (634 males and 593 females) between 12–19 years with mean age of 15.20 (SD = 1.5) were administered a 44 item instrument developed following the DSM (V), American Association of Sleep Medicine's International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD, 2005) criteria, and case reports of sleep disorders. The data was subjected to a Principal Component Analysis using Varimax rotation.ResultTen factors instead of the original eleven factors suggested by the authors emerged in the analysis and on closer examination and in juxtaposition with cult...

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