The consequences of sleep deprivation and sleepiness have been noted as the most important health problem in our modern society among shift workers. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of sleep disorders and their possible effects on work performance in two groups of Iranian shift workers and nonshift workers. This study was designed as a cross-sectional study. The dat...

background: sleep disorders are common among patients with chronic heart failure (hf), and it can have a significant effect on patients’ daily activities as well as their health. the purpose of this study was to assess sleep quality and its predictors in iranian patients with chronic hf.   methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 200 patients with hf in two hospitals of...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of adjunctive quetiapine therapy on the sleep architecture of patients with bipolar or unipolar depression. METHODS This is a prospective, single-blind, repeated measures polysomnographic study. Sleep architecture was analyzed by overnight polysomnography, and subjective sleep quality was measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The Hamilton Rating ...

Professional firefighting is among the most demanding jobs. Prior studies have showed the notable prevalence of poor sleep quality among professional firefighters that may result in catastrophes. The aim of this study was in field confirmation of zolpidem usage (10 mg/PO/bed time) for short term management of poor sleeps quality among professional firefighters. In a double-blind, randomized, pl...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between quality of sleep and autonomic nervous functioning in healthy adult Japanese women using three measures, namely, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for subjective assessment of sleep quality, actigraphy for objective assessment of sleep, and heart rate variability using high frequency and low frequency domains. Participa...

BACKGROUND Menopause is an inevitable stage affecting every middle-aged woman. China has a large and increasing group of post-menopausal women. Most post-menopausal women suffer from increased risks for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and sleep problems. Previous studies have demonstrated the associations between sleep disorders and increased CVD risks in general population. The current study is ...

OBJECTIVE Ecstasy users report a number of complaints after its use including disturbed sleep. However, little is known regarding which attributes of ecstasy use are associated with sleep disturbances, which domains of sleep are affected or which factors may predict those ecstasy users likely to have poor sleep quality and/or excessive daytime sleepiness. METHODS This study examined questionn...

The aim of the study was to examine the relationships between global sleep quality and its specific components and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity questionnaire. We also researched whether sleep quality and sleep disturbances differed among groups of PTSD based on symptom severity categories. This study was conducted on the sample of 120 Croatian war veterans with PTSD. Th...

Sleep, which has an important role in a healthy life, is vital need. This need place all stages of woman’s including infancy, childhood, adulthood, and old age. study aimed to determine the sleep quality women aged 18-49 related factors. The study, was carried out as descriptive correlational research, completed with participation 215 women. “Questionnaire Form” “Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index”...