A questionnaire survey of sleep and night-time behaviour in a community-based sample of adults with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 154-162

  Brylewski, J E ^a   Wiggs, L ^b  

^a Oxfordshire Lrng Disability NHS T   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based sample; Mental retardation; Night time behaviour; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CAFFEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; URINE INCONTINENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DISORDERS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031877443     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1998.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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