Versión española del Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire. Un instrumento útil en la investigación de los trastornos del sueño en la infancia. Análisis de su fiabilidad

Tomás Vila, M.; Miralles Torres, A.; Beseler Soto, B.

doi:10.1157/13098928

Anales de Pediatría (English Edition)

ISSN: 2341-2879

The Spanish Pediatric Association (Asociación Española de Pediatría, AEP) has as one of its main objectives the dissemination of rigorous and up-to-date scientific information on the various areas of pediatrics. Annals of Pediatrics is an open access journal that serves as the Association's Scientific Expression Organ and constitutes the vehicle through which members communicate. Annals of Pediatrics publishes, in English and Spanish, original research papers on pediatrics, as well as review articles prepared by experts in each specialty, and guidelines or positioning documents prepared by the different Societies/Specialized Sections integrated into the Spanish Pediatric Association. The journal, a reference for Spanish-speaking pediatrics, is indexed in the most important international databases: Index Medicus/Medline IBECS, IME, SCOPUS, Science Citation Index Expanded, Journal Citations Report, Embase/Excerpta Medica, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

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Los cuestionarios de sueño son instrumentos útiles, tanto para el cribado de pacientes a los que hay que realizar pruebas complementarias, como para la investigación epidemiológica. El Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) tiene dos versiones, una reducida, que ha sido validada para la detección de los trastornos respiratorios relacionados con el sueño (TRS) y una completa que contempla una gama más amplia de trastornos del sueño.

Material y métodos

Tras realizar la traducción del PSQ, se llevó a cabo un estudio de fiabilidad mediante los métodos de consistencia interna y el test-retest entre 99 pacientes escogidos al azar.

Resultados

El 91 % de las preguntas presentaron una buena concordancia siguiendo los criterios previamente establecidos en el método test-retest. Respecto a la consistencia interna fue buena en los apartados A (conducta durante la noche y mientras duerme) y C (preguntas dirigidas a identificar el trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) de la encuesta y débil en el apartado B (conducta durante el día y otros problemas), por lo cual pensamos que la fiabilidad del cuestionario se puede considerar adecuada a excepción de la consistencia interna del apartado B.

Conclusiones

La versión española del PSQ es un instrumento adecuado, tanto para el cribado de pacientes a los que haya que realizar pruebas complementarias, como para la investigación epidemiológica.

Palabras clave:

Trastornos del sueño en la infancia

Cuestionario

Fiabilidad

Test-retest

Consistencia interna

TDAH

Introduction

Sleep questionnaires are useful tools both for screening patients who require medical tests and for epidemiologic research. The Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) has two versions: a shorter one, which has been validated for sleep-related breathing disorders, and an extended version, which deals with a wider range of sleep disturbances.

Material and methods

The PSQ was translated into Spanish and its reliability was determined by means of test-retest and internal consistency methods among a random sample of 99 patients.

Results

Ninety-one percent of the questions showed good concordance, following the criteria established in the testretest method. Internal consistency was good in parts A (nighttime and sleep behavior) and C (items for inattention and hyperactivity) of the questionnaire but was weak in part B (daytime behavior and other possible problems). Therefore, the reliability of the questionnaire can be considered to be adequate except for the internal consistency of part B.

Conclusions

The Spanish version of the PSQ is a suitable tool both for screening patients who require medical tests and for epidemiological research.

Key words:

Childhood sleep disturbances

Reliability

Test-retest

Internal consistency

ADHD

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