Assessing the Dim Light Melatonin Onset in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and No Comorbid Intellectual Disability

Autor/inn/en	Baker, Emma K.; Richdale, Amanda L.; Hazi, Agnes; Prendergast, Luke A.
Titel	Assessing the Dim Light Melatonin Onset in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and No Comorbid Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47 (2017) 7, S.2120-2137 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-017-3122-4
Schlagwörter	Adults; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Sleep; Physiology; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Light; Profiles; Drug Therapy; Comorbidity; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Clinical Diagnosis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Schlaf; Physiologie; Korrelation; Licht; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Angst
Abstract	This study assessed melatonin levels and the dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and also investigated the relationships between melatonin and objectively measured sleep parameters. Sixteen adults with ASD (ASD-Only), 12 adults with ASD medicated for comorbid diagnoses of anxiety and/or depression (ASD-Med) and 32 controls participated in the study. Although, the timing of the DLMO did not differ between the two groups, advances and delays of the melatonin rhythm were observed in individual profiles. Overall mean melatonin levels were lower in the ASD-Med group compared to the two other groups. Lastly, greater increases in melatonin in the hour prior to sleep were associated with greater sleep efficiency in the ASD groups. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01