The use of melatonin to treat sleep disorder in adults with intellectual disabilities in community settings - The evaluation of three cases using actigraphy

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Dodd, A ^a   Hare, Dougal J ^b,c   Arshad, P ^c  

^a PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Staffordshire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Melatonin; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44049106267     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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