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Incidence of Short-Sleep Patterns in Institutionalized Individuals with Profound Mental Retardation.
Poindexter, Ann R.; Bihm, Elson M. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1994
Sleep patterns of 103 institutionalized individuals with profound mental retardation were explored. Almost 40% were found to have short-sleep patterns. Short-sleep was predicted by blindness; nonshort-sleep was predicted by diagnosis of cerebral palsy and sodium valproate usage. Techniques for minimizing possible negative consequences of…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy
Download full textGlantz, Meyer D., Ed.; And Others – 1983
This book, on the nature and problems of inappropriate drug use by older adults, provides researchers and health practitioners with an up-to-date survey and overview of the literature on drug use, misuse, and abuse among the elderly. The volume provides abstracts of 100 selected scientific articles on the major topic areas in the field. The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Behavior Patterns, Drinking, Drug Abuse
