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Sleep disorders in children with blindness
Author(s) -
Leger Damien,
Prevot Elisabeth,
Philip Pierre,
Yence Charlotte,
Labaye Nadine,
Paillard Michel,
Guilleminault Christian
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/1531-8249(199910)46:4<648::aid-ana14>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - alertness , blindness , sleep (system call) , medicine , audiology , psychology , pediatrics , el niño , psychiatry , optometry , computer science , operating system
To evaluate the frequency and type of sleep disorders seen in blind children compared with matched controls, a 42‐item questionnaire was used on 156 children (77 blind children) ranging from 3 to 18 years of age. A total of 17.4% of blind children reported sleeping less than 7 hours per night on weekdays compared with 2.6% of controls, with blind children awakening much earlier. Blind children had more sleep complaints, and 13.4% of blind subjects had daily episodes of involuntary sleepiness compared with 1.3% of controls. Blindness has an impact on sleep and alertness that adds to the primary disability.