Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and CareISSN: 2325-9639

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Tejo Hylkema Author

t.hylkema@zonnet.nl

Subjects of specialization
Cognitive Science, Sleep Disorders

Affiliation
Department of Special Education, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Biography

Tejo Hylkema is currently working in Department of Special Education, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, with expertise in Differential Psychology, Cognitive Science. His area of research interest is in cognitive science, sleep disorders.

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Improving Sleep in a Person with Down Syndrome and Alzheimer�s Disease

Author(s): Tejo Hylkema and C Vlaskamp

Improving Sleep in a Person with Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease

Problems with falling asleep and sleeping through often occur in people with an intellectual disability [1]. Studies show that 15 to 50% of people with an intellectual disability suffer from sleep problems, and with children with an intellectual disability, this is as many as 58 to 80% [2-5]. Compared with older people in the general population, elderly people with ID (age 50 years and over) have a significantless stable, and more fragmented sleep [6]. The sleep problems can have intrinsic and extrinsic causes [7]. A common intrinsic cause in people with Down’s syndrome (DS) is Alzheimer&rsq... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9639.1000126

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