Weighted blankets and sleep in autistic children - A randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 298-306

  Gringras, Paul ^a   Green, Dido ^b   Wright, Barry ^c   Rush, Carla ^a   Sparrowhawk, Masako ^b   Pratt, Karen ^a   Allgar, Victoria ^b   Hooke, Naomi ^c   Moore, Danielle ^c   Zaiwalla, Zenobia ^d   Wiggs, Luci ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Lime Trees Child and Family Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Children; Severe sleep problems; Total sleep time; Weighted blankets

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP TIME; WEIGHTED BLANKET;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILDREN; SEVERE SLEEP PROBLEMS; TOTAL SLEEP TIME; WEIGHTED BLANKETS;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84905253292     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-4285     Document Type: Article

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