OBJECTIVE: Validation to Portuguese of the questionaries: Sleep Habits Inventory for Preschool Children and Sleep Behavior Questionaire. METHODS: The English version of the questionnaires was translated and back translated independently by two professionals, after that the best version was choose. The Portuguese version was applied in two groups of children: patients with epilepsy and a control group. Patients with epilepsy were classified according to Engel score. Results obtained on both groups were related to epilepsy refractoriness. RESULTS: Sleep Habits Inventory for Preschool Children applied in children between 2-6 years of age showed that patients with refractory epilepsy have a major incidence of disorders in the sleep rhythm and routines. Furthermore, they also have more problems to be separated from parents. Children with well controlled epilepsy have more incidence of health sleep habits (p < 0,05). The score of Sleep Behavior Questionnaire applied in children between 7-14 years of age showed significant difference among children with epilepsy (47,52 ± 10,9) and controls (30,52 ± 3,75) (p < 0,001). Refractory epilepsies related with worse sleep quality (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Two questionnaires that evaluate sleep habits were translated and validated to be used in Portuguese. Application of these questionnaires in controls and in children with epilepsy showed that uncontrolled epilepsy influences quality of sleep.
sleep; epilepsy; childhood; Sleep Habits Inventory for Preschool Children; Sleep Behavior Questionaire
