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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

D. Igbokwe ,
B.A. Ola ,
A. Odebunmi ,
M.A. Gesinde ,
A. Alao ,
J. Agbu ,
R.J.E. Ndom ,
S.O. Adeusi ,
O.A. Adekeye  and
B.C.E. Agoha
D. Igbokwe*
Affiliation:
Covenant University, Psychology, Ota, Nigeria
B.A. Ola
Affiliation:
Lagos State University College of Medicine, Department of Behavioural Medicine- Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Lagos, Nigeria
A. Odebunmi
Affiliation:
Nigerian Defense Academy, Department of Psychology, Kaduna, Nigeria
M.A. Gesinde
Affiliation:
Covenant University, Psychology, Ota, Nigeria
A. Alao
Affiliation:
Covenant University, Psychology, Ota, Nigeria
J. Agbu
Affiliation:
National Open University of Nigeria, School of Health Sciences, Lagos, Nigeria
R.J.E. Ndom
Affiliation:
University of Ilorin, Behavioural Sciences, Ilorin, Nigeria
S.O. Adeusi
Affiliation:
Covenant University, Psychology, Ota, Nigeria
O.A. Adekeye
Affiliation:
Covenant University, Psychology, Ota, Nigeria
B.C.E. Agoha
Affiliation:
Covenant University, Psychology, Ota, Nigeria
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Nigerian 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.

Aim

To develop a culturally relevant (Nigerian) instrument for assessing sleep disorders.

Methods

One 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.

Result

Ten factors instead of the original eleven factors suggested by the authors emerged in the analysis and on closer examination and in juxtaposition with cultural nuances, it was found the ten factors were in line with what is generally reported by adolescents. Sleep walking disorders and sleep related movement disorders loaded in one factor labelled sleep movement disorders, while items representing non restorative sleep experiences, sleep talking, sleep paralysis, sleep apnea, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, narcolepsy, insomnia, sleep terror disorder and nightmare disorder loaded on their individual factors. The SDINQ showed a Cronbach Alpha of .916 and a good correlation with subscales of the School Sleep Habits Survey (SSHS).

Conclusions

The SDINQ has been found to be a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the presence of sleep disorders among adolescents in Nigeria.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EW582
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. s267
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014
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