Randomized Behavioral Sleep Clinical Trial to Improve Outcomes in Children with Down Syndrome
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| Title: | Randomized Behavioral Sleep Clinical Trial to Improve Outcomes in Children with Down Syndrome |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Esbensen, Anna J., Hoffman, Emily K., Beebe, Dean W., Byars, Kelly, Carle, Adam C., Epstein, Jeffery N., Johnson, Cynthia |
| Source: | American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Feb 2022 127(2):149-164. |
| Availability: | American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-1897. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: https://meridian.allenpress.com/aaidd |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Down Syndrome, Sleep, Child Behavior, Stress Variables, Behavior Modification, Program Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes |
| DOI: | 10.1352/1944-7558-127.2.149 |
| ISSN: | 1944-7515 |
| Abstract: | Parents of 30 school-age children with Down syndrome participated in a small-scale randomized clinical trial of a behavioral sleep treatment designed specifically for children with Down syndrome. The aim was to improve child sleep, child daytime behavior problems, caregiver sleep, and caregiver stress. The intervention spanned 5-8 weeks, and assessments occurred pre-treatment, immediately post-treatment, and three months post-treatment using a double-blinded design. Both the active treatment and a treatment-as-usual attention-controlled comparison group showed improvements in actigraphy and parent-report measures of child sleep, parent-reported child internalizing behaviors, and actigraphy measures of parent-sleep. The behavioral sleep treatment did not yield significantly different outcomes than a treatment-as-usual approach supplemented with non-sleep-specific behavioral or education sessions. Possible interpretations of study findings are discussed. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1334477 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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