Cerebral palsy and sleep: nonpharmacological treatment and impact on the life of caregivers - an integrative review.

Background:  Children with cerebral palsy have a higher prevalence of sleep disorders, with numerous factors associated with a negative impact on the quality of life of caregivers.

Objective:  To identify factors related to sleep disorders, nonpharmacological treatment, and the impact on the lives of caregivers.

Methods:  The present literature review was carried out in the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), the Cochrane Library, Scopus, PubMed, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycInfo, WorldCat, Web of Science, Latin American Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), and Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), with the descriptors , and .