Impact of sleep on executive functioning in school‐age children with Down syndrome

Esbensen, Anna J.; Hoffman, Emily K.

doi:10.1111/jir.12496

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“…This focus has helped identify the unique cognitive phenotype common in individuals with DS. Group differences have also elucidated the impact of comorbid medical conditions on cognitive outcomes for individuals with DS, specifically cognitive outcomes for children with DS with or without comorbid congenital heart defects, sleep challenges including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and autism spectrum disorder [58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75].…”

Section: Cognitive Development and Independencementioning

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Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations in Down syndrome research

Hendrix¹,

Amon

Abbeduto

et al. 2021

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BACKGROUND: Recent advances in medical care have increased life expectancy and improved the quality of life for people with Down syndrome (DS). These advances are the result of both pre-clinical and clinical research but much about DS is still poorly understood. In 2020, the NIH announced their plan to update their DS research plan and requested input from the scientific and advocacy community. OBJECTIVE: The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) and the LuMind IDSC Foundation worked together with scientific and medical experts to develop recommendations for the NIH research plan. METHODS: NDSS and LuMind IDSC assembled over 50 experts across multiple disciplines and organized them in eleven working groups focused on specific issues for people with DS. RESULTS: This review article summarizes the research gaps and recommendations that have the potential to improve the health and quality of life for people with DS within the next decade. CONCLUSIONS: This review highlights many of the scientific gaps that exist in DS research. Based on these gaps, a multidisciplinary group of DS experts has made recommendations to advance DS research. This paper may also aid policymakers and the DS community to build a comprehensive national DS research strategy.

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Section: Cognitive Development and Independencementioning

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Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations in Down syndrome research

Hendrix¹,

Amon

Abbeduto

et al. 2021

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“…As concerns cognitive aspects, sleep disorders in children with DS have been associated with lower verbal IQ [ 21 , 22 ], worse verbal fluency [ 23 ], decreased expressive communication [ 9 , 24 ], and poorer executive functioning [ 21 , 25 ]. Finally, sleep disturbances in DS are related to a range of emotional and behavioral problems as hyperactivity/impulsivity, conduct problems, and anxiety [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ].…”

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“…Thus, sleep problems may worsen learning and behavioral problems in children with DS. In fact, it has been well documented how sleep disturbances affect their school performance, limit social interactions, interfere with the accomplishment of daily activities, and affect the quality of life in their parents [ 17 , 25 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ]. Because of the prevalence among people with DS, sleep breathing disorders and associated neuropsychological and psychopathological features have been largely investigated; however, less is known about the neuropsychological and psychopathological correlates of other sleep disturbances.…”

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Characterization of Sleep Disturbances in Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome and Their Relation with Cognitive and Behavioral Features

Fucà

Costanzo

Celestini

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Despite sleep disturbances are common among youths with Down syndrome (DS), the cognitive and behavioral features associated with sleep problems have not yet been studied extensively. The present study investigated the presence of sleep disturbances in a group of children and adolescents with DS and their cognitive and behavioral correlates. Seventy-one children and adolescents with DS underwent a neuropsychological evaluation, whereas parents completed questionnaires for the screening of the child’s sleep, emotional and behavioral problems. We found no association between sleep disturbances and sex, nonverbal IQ, nor adaptive abilities. However, we found that age was positively associated with disorders in initiating and maintaining sleep (DIMS) and disorders of excessive somnolence (DOES), while body mass index was related with DOES. We also detected a relationship between visual-motor integrations and DIMS, as well as multiple associations between sleep disturbances and psychopathological and behavioral problems, mainly externalizing symptoms. The present study provided a detailed characterization of sleep problems in relation to several features of youths with DS. The proper identification of sleep disturbances profile in the DS population could support the process of clinical evaluation, in particular for psychopathological aspects.

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“…Additionally, the presence of sleep problems in children with DS has been associated with a wide variety of negative consequences (e.g. poor school performance, limited social interactions and impaired activities of daily living) that may contribute to lower quality of life (QOL; Ebensen & Hoffman ; Esbensen et al . ; Joyce & Dimitriou ; Lal et al .…”

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“…Since 2000, there have been over 100 studies addressing sleep problems in children with DS (Esbensen & Hoffman ; Esbensen et al . , ; Lee et al .…”

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Sleep problems in Korean children with Down syndrome and parental quality of life

Choi

Jung

Riper

et al. 2019

J intellect Disabil Res

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Background Sleep problems are common among children with Down syndrome (DS), and they can have a serious impact on children with DS as well as their parents and other family members. Specific aims of this study were to evaluate parent‐reported sleep problems in children with DS and to examine the relationship between the sleep behaviour of children with DS and their parents' quality of life (QOL). Method A cross‐sectional survey was conducted in September and October of 2017. Parents of children with DS were recruited from an online self‐support community for parents of children with DS in South Korea. The mean age of the parents and children with DS was 40.40 years (SD = 5.09) and 7.89 years (SD = 3.03), respectively. Children's sleep problems and parents' QOL were assessed using the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire and the abbreviated version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life scale, respectively. Results Results revealed that 83% of the parents reported that their child with DS experienced sleep problems. Children with DS had significantly more bedtime resistance, night waking, parasomnias and sleep‐disordered breathing than did typically developing children. In addition, their Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire scores were higher than those of typically developing children. Moreover, being older, being male and having more severe developmental delays were significant risk factors for sleep problems among children with DS. Furthermore, sleep problems in children with DS negatively affected parents' QOL. Conclusions Sleep problems negatively affect children with DS as well as their parents; therefore, health care providers should be aware of these issues and help parents manage sleep problems proactively.

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Impact of sleep on executive functioning in school‐age children with Down syndrome

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References 55 publications

Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations in Down syndrome research

Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations in Down syndrome research

Characterization of Sleep Disturbances in Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome and Their Relation with Cognitive and Behavioral Features

Sleep problems in Korean children with Down syndrome and parental quality of life

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