Randomized Behavioral Sleep Clinical Trial to Improve Outcomes in Children with Down Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Esbensen, Anna J.; Hoffman, Emily K.; Beebe, Dean W.; Byars, Kelly; Carle, Adam C.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Johnson, Cynthia
Titel	Randomized Behavioral Sleep Clinical Trial to Improve Outcomes in Children with Down Syndrome
Quelle	In: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 127 (2022) 2, S.149-164 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1944-7515
Schlagwörter	Down Syndrome; Sleep; Child Behavior; Stress Variables; Behavior Modification; Program Effectiveness; Parent Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Schlaf; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Elternverhalten
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01