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Sleep disorder in children with autism
Author(s) -
TAIRA MASAO,
TAKASE MIKI,
SASAKI HIDEO
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb01018.x
Subject(s) - autism , psychology , sleep (system call) , psychiatry , audiology , developmental psychology , medicine , computer science , operating system
Eighty‐eight children with autism, living in a suburb of Tokyo, were examined by questionnaire from 21 July to 31 August. Experienced sleep disorders were observed in 56 children; 44 of whom had sleep disorders before 3 years old. The average age when sleep disorders were seen to have stopped was 5 years old. The most common problem was difficulty falling sleep ( n = 23), followed by frequent awakening during sleep time ( n = 19), then early morning awakening ( n = 11). Bed‐wetting was observed in 22 children.