Subjective Assessment of Sleep in Infantile Autism: A Comparative Study.

Autor: Alfonso-Alfonso M; Neurophysiology Department, International Center for Neurological Restoration, 25th Ave, No 15805, 11300 Havana, Cuba. malfonso@neuro.ciren.cu., Morales-Chacón LM; Neurophysiology Department, International Center for Neurological Restoration, 25th Ave, No 15805, 11300 Havana, Cuba. lily@neuro.ciren.cu., González-Naranjo JE; Neurophysiology Department, International Center for Neurological Restoration, 25th Ave, No 15805, 11300 Havana, Cuba. egonzalez@neuro.ciren.cu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) [Behav Sci (Basel)] 2019 Jan 24; Vol. 9 (2). Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jan 24.
DOI: 10.3390/bs9020012
Abstrakt: Sleep disturbances are very common in children with autism; it is for this reason that instruments that facilitate their evaluation are necessary.
Objectives: Perform sleep assessment from a subjective perspective in a group of children with primary autism and compare them with a control group, using the Sleep Habits in Children Survey (CSHQ), with the purpose of determining sleep disturbances according to the subscales used.
Method: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in a group of 21 patients with primary autism. For the evaluation of sleep disturbances, we chose the CSHQ survey. The differences between the independent groups were calculated by applying a Mann⁻Whitney U test.
Results: In the group of children with autism, higher values of the total scale were observed in comparison with the control group ( p = 0.00) which It is congruent with a large sleep dysfunction. Significant differences were observed for all subscales ( p = 0.00), with the exception of the subscale number 7.
Conclusions: A high presence of sleep disturbances was observed in children with primary autism, with the exception of sleep breathing disorders, which did not show significant differences between the groups.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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