Sleep disorder and epilepsy in children with tuberous sclerosis: a questionnaire-based study
Stress Psychological/etiology; Male; Surveys and Questionnaires; Child; Humans; Adolescent; Female; Child Preschool; Parents/psychology; Developmental Disabilities/complications; Epilepsy/etiology; Learning Disorders/complications; Sleep Wake Disorders/etiology/psychology; Tuberous Sclerosis/complications/psychology; behavioral problems; sleep disturbance; tuberous sclerosis; trajectory; characteristics
Sleep disorders were investigated in 40 children with tuberous sclerosis (TS) and compared with those found in non-disabled children and those reported in a mixed group with learning disabilities. Significantly higher levels of sleep disturbance were found in the TS group compared with both other groups. Within the TS group, current epilepsy and a high level of daytime behavioural disturbance were significantly associated with sleep disturbance, but pervasive developmental delay and high parental stress levels were not. Detailed study of the relationship between seizure activity and sleep disturbance in tuberous sclerosis is needed.
Hunt A; Stores G
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
1994
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1994.tb11819.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1111/j.1469-8749.1994.tb11819.x</a>
Development, behaviour and seizures in 300 cases of tuberous sclerosis
Middle Aged; Family; Male; Aged; Child; Humans; Adult; Adolescent; Female; Child Preschool; Infant; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Aggression; Developmental Disabilities/complications/diagnosis; Learning Disorders/complications; Seizures/complications; Sleep Wake Disorders/complications; Social Behavior Disorders/complications; Tuberous Sclerosis/complications; behavioral problems; sleep disturbance; tuberous sclerosis; trajectory; characteristics; hyperactive behavior
Three hundred cases of tuberous sclerosis were surveyed by postal questionnaire, including 240 cases with learning difficulties. People who have tuberous sclerosis and severe learning disabilities also have a higher frequency of epileptic seizures than people with learning difficulties from all causes. Pervasive developmental disorder and hyperactive behaviour are behavioural features of the disorder. Sleep problems and the level of vigilant care required because of seizures or behaviour have implications on the level of service needed to support people with tuberous sclerosis in the community.
Hunt A
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
1993
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1993.tb00868.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1111/j.1365-2788.1993.tb00868.x</a>