THE USE OF MELATONIN TO TREAT SLEEP-WAKE-RHYTHM DISORDERS IN CHILDRENWHO ARE VISUALLY-IMPAIRED

Authors
ESPEZEL H JAN JE ODONNELL ME MILNER R
Citation
H. Espezel et al., THE USE OF MELATONIN TO TREAT SLEEP-WAKE-RHYTHM DISORDERS IN CHILDRENWHO ARE VISUALLY-IMPAIRED, Journal of visual impairment & blindness, 90(1), 1996, pp. 43-50
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation
Journal title
Journal of visual impairment & blindness → ACNP
ISSN journal
0145482X
Volume
90
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
43 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0145-482X(1996)90:1<43:TUOMTT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
This article presents a study of the use of melatonin to treat sleep-w ake-cycle disorders in 100 visually impaired children aged 3 months to 17 pears. The study found that these disorders are correlated with th e children's visual diagnoses, visual loss, age, associated disabiliti es, level of independence, and type of placement and that the use of o ral melatonin ameliorates these disorders without side effects and lea ds to numerous benefits,both to the children and their caregivers.