Sleep problems in adults with Down syndrome and their family carers

Rebecca J. Stores

doi:10.1111/jar.12572

Sleep problems in adults with Down syndrome and their family carers

Rebecca J. Stores

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Abstract

Background - Sleep disturbance is common and can have harmful psychological and physical effects. While sleep problems in children with Down syndrome (DS) have received a reasonable amount of attention, very little has been written about this topic in adults with DS.

Method - The present study consisted of an online survey completed by 100 family carers of adults with DS.

Results - High rates of sleep problems of different types were reported in the adults with DS comparable to those found in children with DS in previous research. Significant associations were found between sleep problems and body mass index, excessive daytime sleepiness and a range of health and psychological problems. Low rates of treatments for sleep problems were reported. The majority of family caregivers felt their own sleep was affected.

Conclusions - Sleep problems in adults with DS are common and varied. Assessment and treatment of such problems are likely to improve quality of life.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	831-840
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Applied Research In Intellectual Disabilities
Volume	32
Issue number	4
Early online date	28 Jan 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12572
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2019

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Sleep problems in adults with DS
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Stores RJ. Sleep problems in adults with Down syndrome and their family carers. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2019. DOI: 10.1111/jar.12572, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12572. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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