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Moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) has been associated with sleep problems, although the nature of the disturbance has not been clarified. In a case-control study, researchers used actigraphy and Pediatric Sleep Questionnaires to compare sleep parameters between 19 children (ages 6–17 years) with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis and 19 age- and sex-matched children without AD.
Most sleep parameters with actigraphy were similar between the two groups, including bedtime, wake time, time in bed, sleep latency, start and end of sleep, and sleep duration. Patients with AD had significantly longer wake time after sleep onset (WASO; mean, 103 vs. 50 minutes) and worse sleep efficiency (mean percentage of time asleep, 77% vs. 86%). Allerg…