Evaluation of Brief Group-Administered Instruction for Parents to Prevent or Minimize Sleep Problems in Young Children with Down Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Stores, Rebecca; Stores, Gregory
Titel	Evaluation of Brief Group-Administered Instruction for Parents to Prevent or Minimize Sleep Problems in Young Children with Down Syndrome
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17 (2004) 2, S.61-70 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/j.1360-2322.2004.00174.x
Schlagwörter	Group Instruction; Mothers; Down Syndrome; Sleep; Young Children; Intervention; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Behavior Problems; Parenting Skills; Comparative Analysis; Knowledge Level; Correlation; Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppenunterricht; Mother; Mutter; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Schlaf; Frühe Kindheit; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Wissensbasis; Korrelation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Background: The study concerns the unknown value of group instruction for mothers of young children with Down syndrome (DS) in preventing or minimizing sleep problems. Method: (1) Children with DS were randomly allocated to an Instruction group (given basic information about children's sleep) and a Control group for later comparison including objective sleep measures (actometry); and (2) As a secondary exercise, parental reports of sleep problems and objective sleep measures were compared in children with DS and a small sample of unimpaired children (U group) of comparable age and sex distribution. Results: Instruction (shown to have improved mothers' knowledge) was associated with improvement in behavioural sleep problem ratings at 6-month follow up with no change in sleep-related breathing problem ratings or actometry findings. Sleep-related breathing problem symptoms and actometry abnormalities were significantly more common in the DS group than in the U group at baseline, with no obvious differences for behavioural sleep problems. Conclusions: Group instruction offers some benefit regarding behavioural sleep problems but not for sleep-related breathing problems to which more attention should be paid in children with DS, with a view to precise diagnosis and treatment. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10