PhD Scientific Days

Poster Presentation: Mental Health

P19: Behavioural training for sleep problems in Williams syndrome

Előadó neve

László, Szandra

Előadó munkahelye

Institute of Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University

Előadó e-mail címe

laszlo.szandra@gmail.com

Az előadás címe

Behavioural training for sleep problems in Williams syndrome

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Szandra László
Institute of Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University

Szekció

Poster Presentation: Mental Health

Data of the presenter

Doctoral School: Mental Health Sciences
Program: Mental Health Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Kovács Ilona
email: laszlo.szandra@gmail.com

Text of the abstract

Introduction: The prevalence of sleep problems in developmental disorders vary between 13% and 86% depending on age, physical and sensory impairments, genetic syndromes and medical conditions. In a study questioning parents of 64 Williams syndrome children found that 97% of them have some sleep related problems. Atypical sleep pattern was found in several study, including difficulties in bedtime settling, sleep maintenance problems, excessive daytime sleepiness and frequent night-time awakenings. Fragmented sleep, reduced sleep efficiency, and prolonged sleep latency were also reported. It was shown that atypical sleep pattern impacts on cognitive functioning, particularly daytime behaviour, attention and learning in children with sleep disorders.
Aims: Behavioural factors that can be commonly seen in children with developmental disorders are reported to improve with better sleep hygiene and parental education. However, to date, very few studies have been carried out to treat WS sleep disturbances. Therefore the aim of the current study is to identify sleep problems in children with WS and to develop an effective behavioural training (targeting to change sleep hygiene, sleep environment, sleep–wake schedule, and parent–child interactions during sleep) in order to manage sleep problems thereby improve cognitive functioning.
Methods: I have compiled a behavioural sleep training, a set of self-reported questionnaires and a variety of cognitive tests. Questionnaires, cognitive tests and actigraph measures are recorded before and after the sleep training evaluating the effects of the intervention.
Results: Data collection is in progress. Preliminary results and experiences with the data collection will be reported.

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P19

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1535

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