Sleep Habits of Elementary and Middle School Children in South Texas

Table 3

Responses to the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire from middle school students.

Qn #		Yes	No
2	Trouble sleeping	28.77%	71.23%
3	Likes to sleep	50.00%	50.00%
		Rarely	Sometimes	Usually
Block 1: bedtime resistance
4	Goes to bed at same time	11.21%	30.06%	58.73%
5	Falls asleep in same bed	26.49%	20.73%	52.78%
6	Sleeps alone	50.99%	23.61%	25.40%
7	Falls asleep in other’s bed	48.81%	30.56%	20.63%
9	Fights with parents to go to bed	50.79%	27.08%	22.12%
10	Hard to go to bed	39.48%	31.65%	28.87%
11	Ready to sleep at usual bedtime	50.89%	23.21%	25.89%
15	Stay up late when parents think you are asleep	47.92%	33.13%	18.95%
Block 2: sleep onset delay
8	Falls asleep in 20 minutes	47.67%	30.09%	22.24%
Block 3: sleep anxiety
12	Takes a special thing to bed	58.33%	20.63%	21.03%
13	Afraid of dark	58.13%	28.57%	13.29%
14	Afraid of sleeping alone	43.15%	33.93%	22.92%
Block 4: sleep duration
16	Sleeps too little	45.46%	37.49%	17.05%
17	Sleeps too much	44.47%	39.98%	15.55%
Block 5: night awakening
18	Wakes up at night when parents think you are asleep	41.27%	36.01%	22.72%
19	Trouble falling back asleep after waking up	52.98%	30.06%	16.96%
20	Have nightmares	61.71%	23.91%	14.38%
21	Wakes up due to pain	61.90%	22.22%	15.87%
22	Goes to other’s bed during night	43.55%	27.78%	28.67%
Block 6: daytime sleepiness
23	Trouble waking up in morning	41.35%	31.81%	26.84%
24	Feels sleepy during day	47.71%	28.83%	23.46%
25	Takes naps during day	29.92%	29.42%	40.66%
26	Feels rested after a night’s sleep	23.96%	36.78%	39.26%

Qn #: question number.