Validation of actigraphy for sleep measurement in children with cerebral palsy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sleep issues are common in children with cerebral palsy (CP), although there are challenges in obtaining objective data about their sleep patterns. Actigraphs measure movement to quantify sleep but their accuracy in children with CP is unknown. Our goals were to validate actigraphy for sleep assessment in children with CP and to study their sleep patterns in a cross-sectional cohort study.

Methods

We recruited children with (N = 13) and without (N = 13) CP aged 2-17 years (mean age 9 y 11mo [SD 4 y 10mo] range 4-17 y; 17 males, 9 females; 54% spastic quadriplegic, 23% spastic diplegic, 15% spastic hemiplegic, 8% unclassified CP). We obtained wrist and forehead actigraphy with concurrent polysomnography for one night, and home wrist actigraphy for one week. We deve

SUBMITTER: Xue B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539833 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature