title: Sleep patterns of school-age children with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism.
abstract: Sleep patterns of 32 school-age children with Asperger syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA) were compared to those of 32 typically developing age- and gender-matched children, using parent survey and one week of diary and actigraphic monitoring. Parents of children with AS/HFA more commonly reported that their children had difficulty falling asleep. One week of sleep recording with diary and actigraphy confirmed that children in the AS/HFA group spent a longer time awake in bed before falling asleep than children in the control group, possibly because the children in the AS/HFA group had earlier bedtimes. Other essential aspects of sleep patterns coincided between the groups. The sleep patterns of children with AS and HFA did not differ.
authors.affiliation: Department of Woman and Child Health, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Q3:O4, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76 , Stockholm, Sweden. hiie.allik@ki.se
authors.forename: Hiie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Allik
authors.forename: Jan-Olov
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smedje
mesh_terms: D020817:Asperger Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012016:Reference Values; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology