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The sleep of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on and off methylphenidate: a matched case-control study: Methylphenidate effects on sleep of children with ADHD

GALLAND, BARBARA C., TRIPP, E. GAIL, TAYLOR, BARRY J.·2009·Journal of Sleep Research

Abstract

In the present study, we assessed the effects of regular use of methylphenidate medication in children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on sleep timing, duration and sleep architecture. Twenty-seven children aged 6-12 years meeting diagnostic criteria for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual version IV ADHD and 27 control children matched for age (+/-3 months) and gender. Two nights of standard polysomnographic (PSG) recordings were conducted. ADHD children were allocated randomly to an on- or 48 h off-methylphenidate protocol for first or second recordings. Control children's recordings were matched for night, but no medication was used. Mixed modelling was employed in the analyses so that the full data set was used to determine the degree of medication effects. Methylphenidate in ADHD children prolonged sleep onset by an average of 29 min [confidence interval (CI) 11.6, 46.7], reduced sleep efficiency by 6.5% (CI 2.6, 10.3) and shortened sleep by 1.2 h (CI 0.65, 1.9). Arousal indices were preserved. Relative amounts of stages 1, 2 and slow wave sleep were unchanged by medication. Rapid eye movement sleep was reduced (-2.4%) on the medication night, an effect that became non-significant when control data were incorporated in the analyses. PSG data from ADHD children off-medication were similar to control data. Our findings suggest that methylphenidate reduces sleep quantity but does not alter sleep architecture in children diagnosed with ADHD. An adequate amount of sleep is integral to good daytime functioning, thus the sleep side effects of methylphenidate may affect adversely the daytime symptoms the drug is targeted to control.

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  • In clinical trials using objective sleep measures, immediate-release methylphenidate has been reported to leave sleep quality either unaffected or improved in patients with ADHD.

    “with sleep quality either unaffected (Galland et al. 2010) or improved (Boonstra et al. 2007; Sobanski et al. 2008)”

    From Associations of sleep disturbance with ADHD: implications for treatment (2015) · cites this paper as Galland et al. 2010

  • In clinical trials using objective sleep measures, immediate-release methylphenidate has been reported to increase sleep onset latency and/or to decrease total sleep time in patients with ADHD.

    “immediate-release methylphenidate has been reported to increase sleep onset latency and/or to decrease total sleep time in patients with ADHD (Boonstra et al. 2007; Galland et al. 2010; Greenhill et al. 1983; Sangal et al. 2006)”

    From Associations of sleep disturbance with ADHD: implications for treatment (2015) · cites this paper as Galland et al. 2010

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Authors
GALLAND, B. C., TRIPP, E. G., & TAYLOR, B. J.
Affiliations
University of Otago (NZ)
Corresponding author
GALLAND, BARBARA C.
Venue
Journal of Sleep Research
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-12-28
Volume
19
Issue
2
Pages
366-373
ISSN
  • 0962-1105 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2869
OpenAlex
W1591977461
Cited by
85
References
53
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FWCI
3.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Sleep Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, methylphenidate, sleep timing, sleep duration, sleep architecture, sleep onset, sleep efficiency, REM sleep, children
MeSH terms
Central Nervous System Stimulants, Arousal, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Methylphenidate, Sleep, Sleep, REM, Case-Control Studies, Polysomnography

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