Publications
Here you can find our publications with links, which will direct you to the paper and other information.
The long road to precision pediatric sleep medicine
Samuele Cortese (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2024.101971
The management of sleep disturbances in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): an update of the literature
Samuele Cortese, Guilherme Fusetto Veronesi, Alessandra Gabellone, Anna Margari, Lucia Marzulli, Emilia Matera, Maria Giuseppina Petruzelli, Francesco Maria Piarulli, Fabio Tarantino, Alessio Bellato, Valeria Parlatini, Ebba Du Rietz, Henrik Larsson, Samantha Hornsey, Cathy Hill & Lucia Magari (2024). https://doi.org/10.1080/14737175.2024.2353692
Prospective associations between ADHD symptoms and physical conditions from early childhood to adolescence: a population-based longitudinal study
Cédric Galera, Ophélie Collet, Massimiliano Orri, Marie Navarro, Laura Castel, Charline Galesne, Claire Reed, Valerie Brandt, Henrik Larsson, Michel Boivin, Richard Tremblay, Sylvana Côté, Samuele Cortese
Association between relative age at school and persistence of ADHD in prospective studies: an individual participant
data meta-analysis
SIMBA Study Group
Prevalence of sleep disorder diagnoses and sleep medication prescriptions in individuals with ADHD across the lifespan: a Swedish nationwide register-based study
Rickard Ahlberg, Miguel Garcia-Argibay, Marc Taylor, Paul Lichtenstein, Brian M D'Onofrio5, Agniezska Butwicka, Catherine Hill, Samuele Cortese, Henrik Larsson, Ebba Du Rietz
doi: 10.1136/bmjment-2023-300809
Sleep related rhythmic movement disorder: phenotypic characteristics and treatment response in a paediatric cohort
Hannah Joels, Alexa Benny, Amy Sharpe, Bianca Postigo, Brijil Joseph, Chiara Piantino, Anneken Marshall, Vanessa Hewertson, Catherine Hill
Variation in sleep profiles in children with ADHD and associated clinical characteristics
Emma Sciberras, Harriet Hiscock, Samuele Cortese, Stephen P. Becker, Julian W. Fernando, Melissa Mulraney
Conferences & Presentations
Title: Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology meeting
17/03/2023
Brighton, UK
Attendees: Dr Sam Hornsey (presented a recorded presentation instead of attending face to face due to illness)
Summary: Invitation to speak about Sleep problems in Children with ADHD at annual confernece of ARTP. Audience largely professionals working as sleep physiologists. Overview of DISCA programme provided at conclusion of presentation with links to website. Subsequent media release by MIMS Learning entitled 'Highlights from the Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology Annual Conference”.
Title: European Network for Hyperkinetic Disorders (EUNETHYDIS) meeting
18 to 20/09/2023
Montpellier, France
Attendees: Professor Samuele Cortese,Dr Sam Hornsey, Professor David Daley, Lucy Smith and Professor Emily Simonoff
Summary:
Samantha gave an overview of the DISCA study plans and presented some of the early findings from:
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our review of the published evidence on what techniques help children with sleep problems;
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the interviews she carried out with parents/carers of children with ADHD and sleep problems.
The team had lots of fascinating and productive discussions with international colleagues about how we can better support families of children with ADHD and sleep problems.
Title: British Sleep Society bi-ennual conference
2-4/10/2023
Leeds, UK
Attendees: Professor Cathy Hill, Dr Sam Hornsey
Summary:
Samantha presented the preliminary findings from our qualitative interview study exploring parents/carers' experiences of managing sleep problems among children with ADHD.
Title: South-West Society for Academic Primary Care annual conference (SAPC SW)
14-15/03/2024
Cardiff, UK
Attendees: Dr Kate Greenwell and Dr Sam Hornsey
Summary:
Dr Kate Greenwell and Dr Sam Hornsey represented the DISCA team at the South-West Society for Academic Primary Care annual conference held in Cardiff. Sam presented one of the DISCA studies, the interviews which were carried out with parents/carers of children with ADHD and sleep problems.
Many researchers and primary healthcare professionals were interested in the DISCA study and our intervention. There were many useful discussions about how we can better support families of children with ADHD and sleep problems, in primary care and with our intervention.
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Title: International Pediatric Sleep Association (IPSA)
26-28/04/2024
Glasgow, UK
Attendees: Professor Cathy Hill, Dr Sam Hornsey, and Lucy Smith
Summary:
Samantha presented findings from our qualitative interview study exploring parents/carers' experiences of managing sleep problems among children with ADHD.
She also presented 2 posterst:
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A poster reporting on our review of the published evidence on what techniques help children with sleep problems
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Ali's poster reporting on a consultation exercise with our parent advisory group regarding the best questionnaires to measure sleep in children with ADHD.
Lucy presented 2 posters about the work being led by the University of Nottingham, each looking at:
-whether ADHD symptoms inflate parents reporting of sleep difficulties in their children with ADHD
-the views of health professionals working with families of children with ADHD and sleep difficulties.
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Title: Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
21/05/2024
London, UK
Attendees: Professor Cathy Hill
Summary:
Cathy presented an overview of the DISCA study and preliminary findings from our qualitative interview study exploring parents/carers' experiences of managing sleep problems among children with ADHD.
