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Checkout my first PhD publication: a meta analysis and systematic review on sleep disruption in childhood epilepsy 
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(1/8) https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1cXj%7E3tB5QptTA
Sleep and epilepsy are recognised to share a bidirectional relationship. Prior research has highlighted the detrimental impact of poor sleep on various aspects of quality of life in children with epilepsy. 
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This review aimed to quantify and synthesise the differences in sleep in children with epilepsy compared to children without epilepsy across a range of measures. 
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Children with epilepsy demonstrated the following differences:
1) Lower total sleep time, sleeping on average 34mins less
2) Lower sleep efficiency (83%) (4/8)
1) Lower total sleep time, sleeping on average 34mins less
2) Lower sleep efficiency (83%) (4/8)
3) More frequent and severe sleep difficulties, including night wakings, parasomnias and sleep disordered breathing
4) Lower percentage of REM sleep and higher percentage of N2 sleep
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4) Lower percentage of REM sleep and higher percentage of N2 sleep
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These differences highlight the breadth of disruptions in sleep that children with epilepsy experience, which warrants clinical acknowledgement 
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Areas for future research
Emphasis on sleep differences across individual epilepsy syndromes and aetiologies
Standardising sleep questionnaires and routine reporting of AEDs
Encouragement of the use of wearable devices in clinical settings (7/8)
Emphasis on sleep differences across individual epilepsy syndromes and aetiologies Standardising sleep questionnaires and routine reporting of AEDs Encouragement of the use of wearable devices in clinical settings (7/8)
Thank you to @AndrewBagshaw4 @RichardsLabUoB @ashleypcliew for the help and support in producing this publication. Also to @Waterloo_TWF for the funding support! (8/8)
