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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: SPD; Feeding Disorder; SID

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 150

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Israel
  • Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • Recruiting
    • Pediatric Sleep Center at Dana Children's hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 7 months to 3 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

7-36 months old children will be selected from:

• The clinic of feeding disorders at Dana Children's Hospital.
• The Pediatric Sleep Center at Dana Children's hospital
• Well-care clinics in the metropolitan of Tel Aviv

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

3

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Sleep Disorders; 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; 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; 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Evaluation of sleep disorders using Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ) and feeding disorders using the Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment.	Imidietly after the questionnaire filled by the parent.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): November 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 9, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 15, 2014
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): January 20, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): January 20, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 15, 2014
• Last Verified: January 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Pathologic Processes; Disease; Feeding and Eating Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: TASMC-11-RT-0471-11-CTIL