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Incidence of Short-Sleep Patterns in Institutionalized Individuals with Profound Mental Retardation.
Poindexter, Ann R.; Bihm, Elson M. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1994
Sleep patterns of 103 institutionalized individuals with profound mental retardation were explored. Almost 40% were found to have short-sleep patterns. Short-sleep was predicted by blindness; nonshort-sleep was predicted by diagnosis of cerebral palsy and sodium valproate usage. Techniques for minimizing possible negative consequences of…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy
