知的障害児・者の睡眠に関する質問紙調査

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Parents of children and adults with intellectual disabilities completed a questionnaire on their sons' and daughters' "sleep lifestyle." Responses were received for 670 people with disabilities (return rate of 83%), whose ages ranged from 1 to 43 years. The following results were obtained: With regard to disturbances in initiating and maintaining sleep, waking after sleep onset was reported in approximately 75% of the people with disabilities, and sleep onset disturbance in approximately 15%. Non-24-hour sleep-wake rhythms were reported for 10%. These results suggest that brain dysfunctions in persons with intellectual disabilities extend to their sleep regulation system. Because disturbances in initiating and maintaining sleep were reported to increase in youth with disabilities immediately after they stopped regular attendance at school, it was suggested that the sudden change in social environment may have affected their sleep.
日本特殊教育学会の論文
2002-03-31