Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BHU: Basic Health Unit; BMI: Body Mass Index; EDS: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; ICSD-3: International Classification of Sleep Disorders -3a edition; NRPE: Non-Regular Physical Exercise; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; RPE: Regular physical Exercise; SCF: Statement of Consent Form; SF-36: Medical O...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate sleep characteristics verifying for the presence of depressive symptoms in mothers of insomniac children living in São Paulo (Brazil) and Barcelona (Spain). METHOD Forty-six mothers were evaluated, 37 from São Paulo and nine from Barcelona, their ages varying from 19 to 44, and their children; otherwise healthy but with complaints of insomnia, their age varying from thre...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may experience depression and sleep disorders, which can adversely affect their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The aim of this study was to investigate depression and sleep disorders among 85 COPD patients and 46 control subjects, aged 40 years and over. METHODS Patients underwent spirometry and arter...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of sleep complaints in adults in Colombia at different altitudes. DESIGN Cross-sectional, population-based and observational study. SETTING Urban areas in three cities (Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Santa Marta) located between 15 and 2640 masl. Subjects Over 18 years old. INTERVENTIONS Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between glycemic control in Type 2 diabetics and sleep duration and quality of sleep. METHODS There were 220 adult non-insulin dependent diabetics (Type 2) with 69 males and 151 females. The mean age was 59.4 +/- 9.2 yrs (Mean +/- SD), mean BMI 35.6 +/- 9.9 kg/m2, and mean HbA1c 8.2 +/- 2.1%. Detailed questions about history and management of diabetes, h...

AIM To investigate the role of sleep quality and psychosocial problems as predictors of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) in doctors that work 24 hour-on-call shifts. METHODS In this cross-sectional observation study, using the Rome III Questionnaire and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), we analyzed 170 doctors with 24 hour-on-call shifts. RESULTS Among the participants tha...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BHU: Basic Health Unit; BMI: Body Mass Index; EDS: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; ICSD-3: International Classification of Sleep Disorders -3a edition; NRPE: Non-Regular Physical Exercise; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; RPE: Regular physical Exercise; SCF: Statement of Consent Form; SF-36: Medical O...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The association between clinical symptoms, gastric emptying, quality of life and sleep disorders in distinct functional dyspepsia (FD) patients has not been studied yet in detail. METHODS We enrolled 79 FD patients (postprandial distress syndrome [PDS], n = 65; epigastric pain syndrome [EPS], n = 47; EPS-PDS overlap, n = 33) and 44 healthy volunteers. Gastric motility was eval...

BACKGROUND Sleep disturbances are common in Parkinson's disease (PD). Bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) is superior to best medical therapy in the treatment of motor symptoms in advanced PD, and observational studies suggest that bilateral STN DBS improves sleep in these patients as well. Unilateral STN DBS also improves motor function in PD, but its effects on sl...