Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, No. 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Teaching Management Center of School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Oct;49(10):4097-4108. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04125-7.
Little is known about the relationship between sensory processing problems and sleep disturbances, emotional and behavioral problems and mealtime behavioral problems in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). This study examined those relationships in Chinese preschool children with ASD using a case-control design. Atypical sensory processing was associated with increased risks of sleep disturbances, emotional and behavioral problems, and abnormal mealtime behaviors in the children with ASD, whereas sensory processing problems were significantly correlated with abnormal mealtime behaviors only in the typically developing children. Based on our findings, clinicians must collect information about sensory problems when a child with ASD experiences sleep disturbances and emotional and behavioral problems or presents abnormal mealtime behaviors.
目前，人们对于中国自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的感觉处理问题与睡眠障碍、情绪和行为问题以及用餐行为问题之间的关系知之甚少。本研究采用病例对照设计，对中国学龄前 ASD 儿童进行了相关关系的研究。研究发现，感觉处理异常与 ASD 儿童睡眠障碍、情绪和行为问题以及异常用餐行为的风险增加有关，而感觉处理问题仅与正常发育儿童的异常用餐行为显著相关。基于这些发现，当 ASD 儿童出现睡眠障碍、情绪和行为问题或表现出异常用餐行为时，临床医生必须收集有关感觉问题的信息。
