Attention Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder symptoms and sleep quality assessed on healthy adults

Epidemiological studies on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) provided evidences of syndrome persistence in adulthood.Moreover, ADHD symptoms have been reported to be associatedwith impaired daytime functioning and clinically relevant poor sleep in50% of ADHD diagnosed adults. Our study aimed to provide acontribution to the understanding of the relationship between adultADHD symptoms and Poor Sleep assessed in 247 (Males=116)healthy adults by means of the ADHD Adult Self Report (ASRS) andPittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). ASRS is a likert-type scaledivided in two parts: Part A (ASRS-A) is for Inattention (ADHD/in)symptoms; part B (ASRS-B) is for Hyperactivity/Impulsivity symp-toms (ADHD/HI); symptoms severity toward ADHD-like diagnosis aredefined by scores≤17 on subscales. PSQI assessed subjective TotalSleep Time (TST), Time in Bed (TIB), Sleep Latency (SL), SleepEfficacy (SE); Sleep Disturbances (SD) and Sleep Quality (SQ). Inour sample, 13.36% were ADHD/In, 11.74% ADHD/HI and 9.31%displayed high scores on subscales combination (ADHD/Comb).Correlational analysis (Spearman -q) showed significant positiveassociation between ADHD/in and DS (q=0.179;P=0.03) and QS(q=0.223;P=0.00). ADHD/HI found to be positively associatedwith DS (q=0.305;P=0.00), QS (q=0.244;P=0.00) andnegatively to SE (q=–0.172P=0.04) and TST (q=–0.169;P=0.04). ADHD/Comb is was positively associated with increasedSL (q=0.129;P=0.02), DS (q=0.307;P=0.00), QS (q=0.310;P=0.00) and negatively with SE (q=–0.149;P=0.01). Ourfindings provided evidence of ADHD symptoms spectrum presenceon healthy adults and seem to confirm poorer sleep features in thoseindividuals reporting higher ADHD symptoms.Disclosure:Nothing to disclose.