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Effects of a standardized pamphlet on insomnia in children with autism spectrum disorders . OBJECTIVE Sleep difficulties are common reasons why parents seek medical intervention in children with autism spectrum disorders ( ASDs ) . We determined whether a pamphlet alone could be used by parents to help their child 's insomnia . METHODS Thirty-six children with ASD , ages 2 to 10 years , were enrolled . All had prolonged sleep latency confirmed by actigraphy showing a mean sleep latency of 30 minutes or more . Parents were randomly assigned to receive the sleep education pamphlet or no intervention . Children wore an actigraphy device to record baseline sleep parameters , with the primary outcome variable being change in sleep latency . Actigraphy data were collected a second time 2 weeks after the parent received the randomization assignment and analyzed by using Student 's t test . Parents were also asked a series of questions to gather information about the pamphlet and its usefulness . RESULTS Although participants randomized to the 2 arms did not differ statistically in age , gender , socioeconomic status , total Children 's Sleep Habits Questionnaire score , or actigraphy parameters , some differences may be large enough to affect results . Mean change in sleep-onset latency did not differ between the randomized groups ( pamphlet versus no pamphlet ) . Parents commented that the pamphlet contained good information , but indicated that it would have been more useful to be given specific examples of how to take the information and put it into practice . CONCLUSIONS A sleep education pamphlet did not appear to improve sleep latency in children with ASDs .
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Intervention_Educational
standardized pamphlet
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Intervention_Educational
pamphlet
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Intervention_Educational
sleep education pamphlet or
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Intervention_Control
no intervention
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Intervention_Other
actigraphy device
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Intervention_Educational
pamphlet
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Intervention_Educational
pamphlet versus
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Intervention_Control
no pamphlet
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Intervention_Educational
pamphlet
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Intervention_Educational
sleep education pamphlet
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Outcome_Physical
Sleep difficulties
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Outcome_Physical
insomnia .
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Outcome_Physical
sleep latency
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Outcome_Physical
sleep latency
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Outcome_Physical
sleep parameters
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Outcome_Physical
change in sleep latency .
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Outcome_Physical
age , gender , socioeconomic status , total Children 's Sleep Habits Questionnaire score , or actigraphy parameters
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Outcome_Physical
Mean change in sleep-onset latency
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Outcome_Other
information
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Outcome_Physical
sleep latency
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Participant_Condition
insomnia
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
autism spectrum disorders
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Participant_Condition
ASDs
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Participant_Sample-size
Thirty-six
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
ASD
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Participant_Age
ages 2 to 10 years