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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1781464
Cerebral palsy and sleep: nonpharmacological treatment and impact on the life of caregivers – an integrative review
Paralisia cerebral e sono: tratamento não farmacológico e impacto na vida dos cuidadores – uma revisão integrativaAuthors
Abstract
Background Children with cerebral palsy have a higher prevalence of sleep disorders, with numerous factors associated with a negative impact on the quality of life of caregivers.
Objective To identify factors related to sleep disorders, nonpharmacological treatment, and the impact on the lives of caregivers.
Methods The present literature review was carried out in the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), the Cochrane Library, Scopus, PubMed, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycInfo, WorldCat, Web of Science, Latin American Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), and Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), with the descriptors sleep, child, cerebral palsy, parents, and nursing. Studies available in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, published between 2010 and 2020, were our inclusion criteria. A total of 29 articles were included in the present review.
Results We considered nonpharmacological interventions effective support measures to drug-based treatments. The main sleep disorders in children with cerebral palsy are insomnia, parasomnias, nightmares, sleep bruxism, sleepwalking, sleep talking, disorders of initiation and maintenance of sleep, and sleep hyperhidrosis. Most studies point to a reduction in the quality of life of caregivers whose children have sleep disorders.
Conclusion Our review suggests the effectiveness of nonpharmacological treatments combined with the use of medications. Measures such as changes in sleep environment and routine are favorable strategies to improve sleep quality. In addition, children with sleep disorders negatively impact the quality of life of their caregivers.
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Antecedentes Crianças com paralisia cerebral apresentam maior prevalência de distúrbios do sono, com inúmeros fatores associados a um impacto negativo na qualidade de vida dos cuidadores.
Objetivo Identificar fatores relacionados aos distúrbios do sono, o tratamento não farmacológico e o impacto na vida dos cuidadores.
Métodos Esta revisão da literatura foi realizada no Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde (BIREME), Biblioteca Cochrane, Scopus, PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycInfo, WorldCat, Web of Science, Literatura Latino-Americana em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), com os descritores sono, criança, paralisia cerebral, pais e enfermagem. Estudos disponíveis em português, inglês ou espanhol, publicados entre 2010 e 2020, foram nossos critérios de inclusão. Ao todo, 29 artigos foram incluídos nesta revisão.
Resultados Consideramos as intervenções não farmacológicas medidas eficazes de apoio aos tratamentos medicamentosos. Os principais distúrbios do sono em crianças com paralisia cerebral são: insônia, parassonias, pesadelos, bruxismo do sono, sonambulismo, falar dormindo, distúrbios de iniciação e manutenção do sono e hiperidrose do sono. A maioria dos estudos aponta redução na qualidade de vida de cuidadores de crianças com distúrbios do sono.
Conclusão Nossa revisão sugere a eficácia de tratamentos não farmacológicos combinados com o uso de medicamentos. Medidas como mudanças no ambiente e na rotina do sono são estratégias favoráveis para melhorar a qualidade do sono. Além disso, crianças com distúrbios do sono provocam impactos negativos na qualidade de vida de seus cuidadores.
Authors' Contributions
MFA, SM, MBZ, ACC: conceptualization, methodology, writing of the original draft, and writing – review and editing.
Publication History
Received: 21 August 2023
Accepted: 20 December 2023
Article published online:
11 March 2024
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Marcela Fischer de Almeida, Suzane Mello, Marise Bueno Zonta, Ana Chrystina Crippa. Cerebral palsy and sleep: nonpharmacological treatment and impact on the life of caregivers – an integrative review. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2024; 82: s00441781464.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1781464
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