title: [Sleep alterations in childhood victims of sexual and physical abuse].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The abused child syndrome is related to a variety of emotional disorders, among which are the "post-traumatic stress syndrome" and the phenomena "re-experience," which is related to disturbances of the normal sleep-wake cycle.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the polysomnographic characteristics of the abused child syndrome and compare them with paired healthy children.
  
  
  METHODS
  After two-night habituation, all-night video-digital polygraphic recordings following recommendations of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology were performed in 15 abused child syndrome and 15 healthy controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the abused child syndrome patients, the main sleep changes were decreased sleep efficiency, decreased sleep onset sleep latency, increased wakefulness, decreased REM sleep and total sleep time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The abused child syndrome have abnormal sleep patterns, independent of the type of abuse, age or sex. Sleep alterations are a new characteristic of the abused child syndrome, not previously described.
authors.affiliation: The American British Cowdray Hospital Medical Center, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, SSA.
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Collado-Corona
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loredo-Abdalá
authors.forename: Jorge Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Serrano-Morales
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shkurovich-Bialik
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shkurovich-Zaslavsky
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arch-Tirado
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017286:Polysomnography; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*