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Table 4 Test–retest reliability of scores of sleep-related difficulties questionnaire

From: Oral motor weakness: a possible clinical marker for sleep-related difficulties in Down syndrome children — a preliminary study

Parameters

R (correlation coefficient)

p-value

Total score with re-total score

0.915b

0.001

Section 1 score (snoring) with re-questionnaire Sect. 1 score (snoring)

0.709a

0.022

Section 2 score (breathing difficulties) with re-questionnaire Sect. 2 score (breathing difficulties)

0.927b

0.001

Section 3 score (mouth breathing) with re-questionnaire Sect. 3 score (mouth breathing)

0.765b

0.010

Section 4 score (upper resp. tract infections) with re-questionnaire Sect. 4 score (upper resp. tract infections)

0.868b

0.001

Section 5 score (sleep position) with re-questionnaire Sect. 5 score (sleep position)

0.807b

0.005

Section 6 score (restless sleep & frequent awakening) with re-questionnaire Sect. 6 score (restless sleep & frequent awakening)

0.694a

0.026

Questionnaire Sect. 7 score (daytime behavior) with re-questionnaire Sect. 7 score (daytime behavior)

0.100

0.784

  1. aCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level
  2. bCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level. Test–retest reliability correlation of at least 0.80 or higher indicates good reliability