自闭症成年人失眠的经验和治疗偏好:解释性的现象学分析
Dewy Nijhof1, Craig Melville1, Ewelina Rydzewska2
1School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, UK.
Sleep medicine
|August 23, 2024
概括
自闭症成年人经常经历终身失眠,发现夜间是一个更安全的空间. 由于社会障碍,目前的干预措施往往是无效的,这凸显了共同创建睡眠解决方案的需要.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 定性研究是指质量研究.
背景情况:
- 失眠是自闭症患者的常见问题,严重影响日常功能和生活质量.
- 自闭症成年人报告持续的睡眠困难,通常从童年开始,持续到成年.
研究的目的:
- 探索自闭症成年人患有失眠的经历.
- 了解他们对现有的睡眠干预措施的看法.
- 确定未来针对自闭症患者的失眠治疗方法的偏好.
主要方法:
- 雇佣的解释性现象学分析 (IPA).
- 对12名自闭症成年人 (21-48岁) 进行了深入采访,对失眠进行了查.
- 分析了采访,以确定个人和团体体验的主题.
主要成果:
- 确定了两个关键主题:"夜晚更友好"和"它对我来说真的不起作用".
- 参与者将夜间描述为自己表达的首选,安全的空间.
- 干预措施是通过像自闭症接受和信任这样的社会因素的镜头来看待的,影响寻求帮助和有效性.
结论:
- 强调在失眠研究和自闭症患者的临床实践中共同制作和共同创造的必要性.
- 倡导将自闭症观点纳入开发和提供睡眠干预措施.
- 这项研究是第一个将自闭症经历与医疗保健专业人员的睡眠建议相结合的研究.
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