BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the current sleep disorder status of nurses in general hospitals and analyze its influencing factors. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 2,033 nurses who have worked for 6 months in 3 general hospitals, namely, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, and The Third Affiliated H...

background and objective: breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. many of the women with breast cancer suffer from sleep disorders. this study aimed to investigate the quality of sleep and its related issues in women with breast cancer referred to the hematology and oncology research center affiliated with tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. materials and methods: ...

Purpose. To investigate sleep quality of hospital staff nurses, both by subjective questionnaire and objective measures. Methods. Female staff nurses at a regional teaching hospital in Northern Taiwan were recruited. The Chinese version of the pittsburgh sleep quality index (C-PSQI) was used to assess subjective sleep quality, and an electrocardiogram-based cardiopulmonary coupling (CPC) techni...

BACKGROUND Perceived sleep quality may play an important role in diagnosis and therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, few studies have assessed factors that are associated with perceived sleep quality in OSA patients. Hypoxemia depresses the central nervous system and attenuates the perceived respiratory load in asthmatic patients. This study aimed to investigate the factors relate...

SLEEP DISTURBANCE IS PREVALENT IN OLDER ADULTS, WITH MORE THAN 30% OF ELDERLY REPORTING IMPAIRED SLEEP QUALITY AND CHRONIC DIFFICULTIES with sleep performance, ranging from long latency periods before falling asleep and frequent awakenings at night to difficulties returning to sleep upon awakening.1 Such disturbances of sleep impact daytime functioning, reduce quality of life, and are reported ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the influence of nocturnal use of computer and their effect on sleep quality, in a group of adolescents. METHOD Two middle schools were chosen for the research. The sample consisted of adolescents n=160 (55M; 105F), with ages ranging from 15 to 18 years. Questionnaire about computer use with the objective of obtaining information regarding the time and number of hours of ...

background test anxiety is a special case of a general anxiety which is of particular importance in students, because students will be the future of the country and the society activists. on the other hand, sleep quality and sleep disorders, have correlation with ailments, poor performance, decreased quality of life and increase of associated costs; this study aimed to determine the quality of ...

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between self-reported nocturnal sleep quality and napping patterns in elderly persons with insomnia and to compare the nocturnal sleep quality between napping and non-napping groups. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 60 community-dwelling elderly residents of Taichung City, Taiwan (age range 60-83 years, mean 67.1 years)...

INTRODUCTION Despite many advances in the treatment of chronic renal failure, the quality of sleep in patients who suffer from this disease is at the risk. The high prevalence of sleep disorders in hemodialysis patients, which is concomitant with physical, behavioral, and psychological problems, has always affected these patients' quality of life (QOL). This study aimed to determine the relatio...

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...