@article{ref1,
title="Sleep alterations in childhood victims of sexual and physical abuse",
journal="Cirugia y Cirujanos",
year="2005",
author="Collado-Corona, Miguel Angel and Loredo-Abdalá, Arturo and Serrano-Morales, Jorge Luis and Shkurovich-Bialik, Paul and Shkurovich-Zaslavsky, Mario and Arch-Tirado, Emilio",
volume="73",
number="4",
pages="297-301",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: The abused child syndrome is related to a variety of emotional disorders, among which are the &quot;post-traumatic stress syndrome&quot; and the phenomena &quot;re-experience,&quot; which is related to disturbances of the normal sleep-wake cycle. OBJECTIVE: To determine the polysomnographic characteristics of the abused child syndrome and compare them with paired healthy children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: After two-night habituation, all-night video-digital polygraphic recordings following recommendations of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology were performed in 15 abused child syndrome and 15 healthy controls. RESULTS: In the abused child syndrome patients, the main sleep changes were decreased sleep efficiency, decreased sleep onset sleep latency, increased wakefulness, decreased REM sleep and total sleep time. CONCLUSIONS: The abused child syndrome have abnormal sleep patterns, independent of the type of abuse, age or sex. Sleep alterations are a new characteristic of the abused child syndrome, not previously described.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0009-7411",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}