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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 48, Issue 11, Pages 3720-3726Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3362-3
Keywords
Autism spectrum disorder; Sleep; Behavior problems; Children and adolescents
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- Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
- Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation (SFARI) [296318]
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We examined the relationship between sleep duration and awakenings to Aberrant Behavior Checklist-Community (ABC-C) and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) scores in hospitalized youth with ASD and behavioral disturbance. Participants included 106 patients with a stay of at least 10 nights. Sleep in the hospital was recorded by staff observation. Higher scores on the ABC-C (irritability, stereotypy, and hyperactivity subscales) at admission were significantly associated with fewer minutes slept during the last five nights of hospitalization. There was no association between total awakenings and ABC-C scores or ADOS-2 comparison scores. Improved understanding of the relationship between sleep quality and maladaptive behavior in this challenging cohort of patients with ASD is vital to the definition and design of future effective interventions.
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