APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

Sleep, Burden, and Depression: A Triad of Exhaustion for Parents of Children with Rare Genetic Diseases

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Social

  • Angel Murray
    Social Network Methods Section, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
  • Lauren Edgar
    Social Network Methods Section, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
  • Laura Koehly
    Social Network Methods Section, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health

Abstract

Existing literature showing a strong correlation between sleep quality and depressive symptoms focuses on the general population. To address this gap, this study investigates the relationship between sleep quality, caregiver burden, social role, caregiver age, and depressive symptoms in caregivers of children with rare diseases.

Sleep

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