Sleep in adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Investigating Behaviour Evoked by Decreased Sleep quality in adults with Intellectual DisabilitiEs (BEDSIDE): a mixed methods study
IRAS ID
274005
Contact name
Paul Shanahan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Your Healthcare CIC
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 3 months, 0 days
Research summary
There is evidence that the sleep quality of people with intellectual disabilities is lower than people generally. When sleep is disrupted in people, it can increase the likelihood of other health and mental health problems. These issues can lead to reduced quality of life for the people and their carers. There is some evidence that poor sleep quality in adults with intellectual disabilities can result in behaviours that challenge. This study will ask people with intellectual disabilities to wear a watch to track sleep and ask carers to write down how often behaviours that challenge occur. The study will confirm which feature of sleep causes behaviours that challenge. Examples of sleep features are how long it takes to fall asleep and how long a person remains sleep. Afterward sleep features are confirmed, people will be invited to speak about their experience of sleep. Speaking to people about their sleep will help to understand how those sleep features affect behaviours that challenge and their potential cause.
REC name
Wales REC 6
REC reference
20/WA/0288
Date of REC Opinion
23 Nov 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion