Sensory Integration (Processing) Disorder Among Children With Behavioral Insomnia and Children With Feeding Disorder

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: SPD; Feeding Disorder; SID

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02040688

TASMC-11-RT-0471-11-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Behavioral insomnia of childhood is a prevalent condition, affecting 10-30% of children 6-36 months of age. If left untreated, bedtime problems and night wakings can negatively impact the daytime functioning and behavior of the child, as well as the entire family.

Feeding difficulties are common in pediatric practice and encompass a spectrum ranging from children with physiological difficulties in ingesting food, through picky eaters to full fledged infantile feeding disorders.

We have recently shown that feeding and eating difficulties are more prevalent among children with behavioral insomnia of childhood and that sleep problems are more frequent in children with feeding disorders.

We hypotesize that SPD is a common etiology for both sleep and feeding disorders and that children with sleep or feeding disorder have increased rate of Sensory intergration disorder (SID) compared with healthy controls.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 36 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children 7-36 months of age with behavioral insomnia of childhood based on the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) criteria .
• children 7-36 months of age with feeding disorders based on Chatoor criteria.
• children 7-36 months of age who attend well-care clinics in the metropolitan of Tel Aviv for routine periodic medical examination.

Exclusion criteria

Children with

• Chronic medical conditions.
• Congenital abnormalities.
• Significant developmental delay.

Trial design

150 participants in 3 patient groups

Sleep Disorders

Description:

7-36 months old children with behavioral insomnia of childhood based on the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) criteria will be recruited from the Pediatric Sleep Center at Dana Children's hospital

Control

Description:

7-36 months old chidren of age who attend well-care clinics in the metropolitan of Tel Aviv for routine periodic medical examination.

Feeding disorder

Description:

7-36 monthsold children with feeding disorders based on Chatoor criteria will be recruited from the clinic of feeding disorders at Dana Children's Hospital.