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ArticleBMJ open2019

Sleeping sound with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): study protocol for an efficacy randomised controlled trial of a tailored brief behavioural sleep intervention for ASD.

Nicole Papadopoulos, Emma Sciberras, Harriet Hiscock, Katrina Williams, Jane McGillivray, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Lidia Engel, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Susannah T Bellows, Deborah Marks and 2 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicole PapadopoulosDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia nicole.papadopoulos@deakin.edu.au.
Emma SciberrasDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Harriet HiscockMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Katrina WilliamsMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Jane McGillivrayDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Cathrine MihalopoulosDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Lidia EngelDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Matthew Fuller-TyszkiewiczDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Susannah T BellowsDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Deborah MarksDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Patricia HowlinBrain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
Nicole RinehartDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Deakin University · AUKing's College London · GBRoyal Children's Hospital · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSleep problems are a characteristic feature of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with 40% to 80% of children experiencing sleep difficulties. Sleep problems have been found to have a pervasive impact on a child's socio-emotional functioning, as well as on parents' psychological functioning. The METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The RCT aims to recruit 234 children with a diagnosis of ASD, aged 5-13 years, who experience moderate to severe sleep problems. Participants are recruited from paediatrician clinics in Victoria, Australia, and via social media. Families interested in the study are screened for eligibility via phone, and then asked to complete a baseline survey online, assessing child sleep problems, and child and family functioning. Participants are then randomised to the intervention group or treatment as usual comparator group. Families in the intervention group attend two face-to-face sessions and a follow-up phone call with a trained clinician, where families are provided with individually tailored behavioural sleep strategies to help manage the child's sleep problems. Teacher reports of sleep, behavioural and social functioning are collected, and cognitive ability assessed to provide measures blind to treatment group. The primary outcome is children's sleep problems as measured by the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire at 3 months post-randomisation. Secondary outcomes include parent and child quality of life; child social, emotional, behavioural and cognitive functioning; and parenting stress and parent mental health. Cost-effectiveness of the intervention is also evaluated. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Findings from this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated at national and international conferences, local networks and online. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN14077107 (ISRCTN registry dated on 3 March 2017).

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Autism Spectrum DisorderBehavior TherapyChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSleepSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersVictoriaASDautism spectrum disorderbehavioural sleep interventionRCTsleep

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PMID31748288
PMCPMC6887021
OpenAlexW2990063742

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