Sleep disorders in children with blindness

To evaluate the frequency and type of sleep disorders seen in blind children compared with matched controls, a 42‐item questionnaire was used on 156 children (77 blind children) ranging from 3 to 18 years of age. A total of 17.4% of blind children reported sleeping less than 7 hours per night on wee...

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Published in:Annals of neurology 1999-10, Vol.46 (4), p.648-651
Main Authors: Leger, Damien, Prevot, Elisabeth, Philip, Pierre, Yence, Charlotte, Labaye, Nadine, Paillard, Michel, Guilleminault, Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Blindness - complications
Child
Child, Preschool
Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Ophthalmology
Sleep - physiology
Sleep Wake Disorders - complications
Sleep Wake Disorders - physiopathology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vision disorders
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Summary:To evaluate the frequency and type of sleep disorders seen in blind children compared with matched controls, a 42‐item questionnaire was used on 156 children (77 blind children) ranging from 3 to 18 years of age. A total of 17.4% of blind children reported sleeping less than 7 hours per night on weekdays compared with 2.6% of controls, with blind children awakening much earlier. Blind children had more sleep complaints, and 13.4% of blind subjects had daily episodes of involuntary sleepiness compared with 1.3% of controls. Blindness has an impact on sleep and alertness that adds to the primary disability.
ISSN:0364-5134
1531-8249
DOI:10.1002/1531-8249(199910)46:4<648::AID-ANA14>3.0.CO;2-X