自闭症患者的睡眠-觉醒周期和循环错位在整个生命周期中,重点是生活条件
Elena Martínez-Cayuelas1, Ana María García-Muñoz2, María Luisa Sánchez de Ocaña-Moreno2
1Department of Pediatrics, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Fundación Jiménez Díaz. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
概括
睡眠问题在所有年龄段的自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 中都很常见. 这项研究使用了门诊昼夜监测 (ACM) 来客观评估自闭症患者的睡眠连续性和昼夜调整,在整个成年期发现持续的睡眠问题.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 睡眠障碍是患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的个体普遍和持续的挑战,从童年到成年影响他们.
- 了解ASD睡眠连续性和昼夜调整的客观特征对于开发有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 客观地调查自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 患者的不同群体的睡眠连续性和昼夜调整,包括那些有或没有智力障碍的人.
- 检查ASD群体内睡眠模式和昼夜时间的年龄相关差异.
主要方法:
- 在214名参与者中,利用了至少3天的门诊昼夜监测 (ACM) 来评估睡眠连续性和对齐.
- 参与者分为四个年龄组:<10岁,10-17岁,18-27岁和28-65岁.
主要成果:
- 所有年龄组都表现出明显的睡眠结果受损,除了总睡眠时间 (TST).
- 成年人 (18-65岁) 与儿童和青少年相比,表现出更长的睡眠开始延迟 (SOL) 和睡眠开始后醒来 (WASO),尽管考虑到正常睡眠参数的百分比,这些差异减少了.
- 循环失调是明显的,儿童和青少年的睡眠中点 (M5) 延迟,老年人 (28-65岁) 的M5进展.
结论:
- 与自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 相关的睡眠问题通常从童年持续到成年.
- 这些发现强调需要进一步研究环境因素,如住宅环境中的结构化时间表,如何影响ASD患者的睡眠中点时间.
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