UNLABELLED Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) frequently complain of sleep disturbances such as insomnia and nightmares. Evaluation of sleep disturbances is often difficult due to the subjective nature of the complaints. Polysomnography (PSG) and other sleep studies are generally not indicated in the evaluation of insomnia or nightmares associated with PTSD. Actigraphy, (electro...

Akemi Tomoda, Teruhisa Miike, Noritaka Iwatani, Toshiro Ninomiya, Hiroyo Mabe, Toshiro Kageshita, Shosuke Ito (November 1999) Effect of long-term melatonin administration on school-phobic children and adolescents with sleep disturbances. Melatonin is effective in treating sleep disturbances, which are closely related to school phobia. However, side effects of melatonin in long-term administrati...

background: sleep disturbances have negative effects on medical conditions, mental health and cognitive performance. it was shown that about 60% of inpatients suffer from sleep problems. the aim of this study was to assess the correlation between sleep quality and other factors in the inpatients of rasoul-e-akram hospital.   methods: in this cross-sectional study, all the hospitalized patients ...

Drivers' sleepiness and falling asleep while driving account for a considerable proportion of vehicle accidents (studies show different results from 1% to 30%). Sleepiness is rarely well recognised as a causing factor of traffic accidents. 2.5% up to 20% people suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) with sleep deprivation as its most frequent cause. There is a strong association between...

Among adult liver transplant recipients (LTRs), sleep disturbances and fatigue are common. Sleep problems following pediatric liver transplantation may contribute to daytime fatigue and lower health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the impact of sleep problems on the HRQOL of pediatric LTRs using validated measures. Participants included 47...

By means of parental questionnaires, sleep disturbances were assessed in 79 schoolchildren with epilepsy (mean age 10.12, range 5-16 years) for comparisons with 73 healthy control children matched for gender and to within a maximum of 6 months of age. The daytime behaviour of the children with epilepsy was also assessed by questionnaire. The children with epilepsy were considered representative...

Sleep problems are prevalent among older adults, often persist untreated, and are predictive of health detriments. Given the limitations of conventional treatments, non-pharmacological treatments such as mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are gaining popularity for sleep ailments. However, nothing is yet known about the impact of MBIs on sleep in older adults with prodromal sleep disturbanc...

BACKGROUND Although sleep disorders are common, they frequently remain unnoticed by the general practitioner. Few data are available about the willingness and reasons of patients with sleep disturbances to seek for medical assistance. METHODS The results of a cross-sectional community-based multinational survey in three major Latin American urban areas, i.e. Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Sao ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between specific television-viewing habits and both sleep habits and sleep disturbances in school children. METHODS The parents of 495 children in grades kindergarten through fourth grade in three public elementary schools completed two retrospective survey questionnaires, one assessing their children's sleep behaviors and the other examining televisi...