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Sleep patterns in autistic children . Sleep disturbances are regarded as a common clinical feature in autistic children . This concept is based primarily on informal observations or studies conducted with questionnaires . In this study we compared data obtained by questionnaires to that obtained with actigraphy . Among 22 autistic children , 12 were reported as having sleep problems and 8 patients completed 72 hours actigraphy . While the employment of questionnaires disclosed that autistic children had an earlier morning awakening time and multiple and early night arousals , actigraphic monitoring showed that with the exception of an earlier morning arousal time ( p = .045 ) , sleep patterns of autistic children were similar to that of normal children . Parental oversensitivity to sleep disturbances of the autistic children may explain this phenomenon .
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Intervention_Educational
questionnaires .
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Intervention_Educational
questionnaires
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Intervention_Physical
actigraphy .
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Intervention_Physical
72 hours actigraphy .
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Intervention_Educational
questionnaires
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Intervention_Physical
actigraphic
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Outcome_Physical
Sleep patterns
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Outcome_Physical
Sleep disturbances
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Outcome_Physical
earlier morning awakening time
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Outcome_Physical
multiple and early night arousals
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Outcome_Physical
earlier morning arousal time
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Outcome_Physical
sleep patterns
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Outcome_Physical
sleep disturbances
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Participant_Condition
autistic children .