ArticleAutism in adulthood2020
Sleep Quality in Autism from Adolescence to Old Age.
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- Interpretable machine learning for predicting moderate-to-severe insomnia risk in Chinese adults with autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Sleep Disorders and Constipation in Autistic Children and Youth: Who Receives Standard of Care Drug Treatments?Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The dynamic trajectory of autistic life and its changing challenges: a scoping review.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Sex Differences in Sleep and Physical Activity Patterns in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Clocks & sleep · 2024Article
- Sleep Problems and Autism Impairments in a Large Community Sample of Children and Adolescents.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Physiological and Family-Level Correlates of Autistic Adolescents' Sleep Quality.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Community-guided measurement-based care for autistic youth and adults receiving psychotherapy: A conceptual overview and pilot implementation study of MBC-AUT.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Review
- Early life sleep disruption has long lasting, sex specific effects on later development of sleep in prairie voles.Neurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms · 2023Article
- Stronger Associations Between Sleep and Mental Health in Adults with Autism: A UK Biobank Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Sex Differences in the Developmental Trajectories of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Current developmental disorders reports · 2023Article
- Cardiovascular disease risk factors in autistic adults: The impact of sleep quality and antipsychotic medication use.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023Article
- Pathways to Anxiety and Depression in Autistic Adolescents and Adults.Depression and anxiety · 2023Article
- Patterns of sleep disturbances and associations with depressive symptoms in autistic young adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- Stress and Coping in Autistic Young Adults.Autism in adulthood · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: Sleep problems are common in autism from early childhood. Although research suggests that poor sleep continues at least into early middle age, the pattern of sleep problems has rarely been characterized beyond childhood. The aim of this study was to examine sleep quality from adolescence to old age in autistic individuals as compared with age-matched non-autistic comparison groups from the general population. Methods: Participants ranged from 15 to 80 years; there were 297 participants in the autistic group (mean [ Results: Overall, problematic sleep was more common for the autistic participants (63.7%) than the comparison group (46.4%), and autistic participants had poorer sleep quality and longer SoL (all Conclusions: Autistic adolescents and adults, particularly females, remain vulnerable to sleep problems, with early and middle adulthood being at times of particular risk. Targeted sleep interventions are required. Lay summary:
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