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Sleep assessment of children with cerebral palsy: Using validated sleep questionnaire
BACKGROUND: On the basis of clinical experience, it seems that sleep disturbances are common in children with cerebral palsy (CP); however, there is a lack of research and objective data to support this observation. AIM OF WORK: Our aim was to assess sleep of children with cerebral palsy, using vali...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644784/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23661965 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.107708 |
Sumario: | BACKGROUND: On the basis of clinical experience, it seems that sleep disturbances are common in children with cerebral palsy (CP); however, there is a lack of research and objective data to support this observation. AIM OF WORK: Our aim was to assess sleep of children with cerebral palsy, using validated sleep questionnaire. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: one hundred children with diagnosis of CP were investigated via sleep questionnaires, with their ages from 2-12 years. The 100 children with CP were divided into two groups, pre-school group (52 children had a mean age 2.35 ± 1.04 years) and school ages group (48 children had a mean age 10.21 ± 3.75 years). RESULTS: We found high incidence of sleep problem in both pre-school and school age groups. We found that pre-school children have more prevalence of early insomnia (46.2%, P value 0.028) and sleep bruxism (50%, P value 0.000), while school group suffer more sleep disordered breathing (SDB) (50%, P value 0.001), more nightmares (50%, P value 0.001), more sleep talking (12.5% P value 0.049), and more excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) (62.5%, P value 0.001). CONCLUSION: Results of our study indicate that CP children have high incidence of sleep problem in both pre-school and school age groups. |
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