title: Sleep problems, chronotype, and diurnal preferences in children and adults with spina bifida.
abstract: Spina bifida meningomyelocele (SBM) is a neural tube defect that involves dysraphism of the spinal cord and extensive reorganization of the brain. The authors assessed the relationship between chronotype, diurnal preferences, and sleep problems in individuals with SBM and healthy controls. Although individuals with SBM showed the characteristic decelerating quadratic relationship between age and chronotype, the curve was displaced, peaking at a younger age in controls compared with SBM (23.4 vs. 29.2 years). Groups did not differ in morningness-eveningness preferences. Individuals with SBM endorsed more sleep problems than controls. Further examination of the relationship between entrainment and sleep in SBM is warranted.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Edelstein
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Cirino
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hasher
authors.forename: Jack M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dennis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors