The college years represent an important developmental period in the lives of young women, who report health-related difficulties such as sleep disturbance and body/eating concerns. This study explored whether expressive writing (EW) can decrease health-relevant complaints among college women. College females (n = 111) were randomised into an EW condition (writing about body concerns) or a cont...

Family physicians are often a source of information and advice on early childhood concerns regarding sleep, thumb-sucking/pacifier use, picky eating, school readiness, and oral health. Evidence indicates that family variables are important in the genesis of sleep difficulties, and that traditional behavioral methods are not as effective as previously thought. Attention to family psychosocial we...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether body mass index (BMI), eating habits and sedentary behaviours were associated with sleep duration among Kuwaiti adolescents. The study is part of the Arab Teens Lifestyle Study (ATLS), which is a school-based cross-sectional multi-center collaborative study. A sample of 906 adolescents (boys and girls) aged 14-19 years was randomly selected from ...

BACKGROUND Sleep is an important contributor to physical and mental health; however, chronic sleep deprivation has become common in adolescents, especially on weekdays. Adolescents aged 14-17 years are recommended to sleep between 8 and 10 h per night to maximize overall health and well-being. Although sleep needs may vary between individuals, sleep duration recommendations are important for su...

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the metabolic syndrome prevalence in women and evaluate its effect on quality of life sleep.
 Materials Methods: descriptive cross-sectional completed with 372 women. Data were collected using a questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, SF 36 Life Scale..
 Results: The 41.9%, according International Diabetes Federation diagnostic cri...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome have abnormalities of sleep which may contribute to daytime fatigue. DESIGN A case-control study of the sleep of patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome and that of healthy volunteers. SETTING An infectious disease outpatient clinic and subjects' homes. SUBJECTS 12 patients who met research criteria for the chron...

BACKGROUND Patients with severe mental illness are at increased risk of developing metabolic disorders. The risk of metabolic syndrome in the Hong Kong general population is lower than that observed in western countries; however the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with severe mental illness in Hong Kong is unknown. METHOD This cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalenc...