OBJECTIVES Caregivers of patients with various diseases frequently report sleep disturbances and depressive symptoms. Care intensity for individuals with Parkinson's disease is mainly influenced by the severity of their motor impairment. The latter is associated with sleep fragmentation, nocturnal pain and cramps. These disease-specific characteristics contribute to sleep-related problems in pa...

Sleep disturbances in the elderly may not be a result of the aging process per se, but rather are likely caused by many factors that are amenable to treatment. These factors include medical and psychiatric problems, medications, and circadian rhythm changes, all of which can cause difficulties during sleep at night, and can lead to complaints of insomnia. Other factors that cause disturbances i...

AIM The aim of the study was to compare the frequency and type of sleep disturbances in a group of Malaysian children aged 4 to 18 years with cerebral palsy (CP) with their nearest-age, able-bodied siblings and to identify factors associated with sleep disturbances. METHOD The study was a case-control study of 109 children with CP (61 males, 48 females; mean age 9 y, SD 3 y 11 mo, range 4-18 ...

BACKGROUND Although sleep disturbances and fatigue are common conditions, frequently shown to be associated with sickness absence, only a few studies have prospectively investigated their independent effects on sickness absence, while adjusting for depressive symptoms. This study aims (i) to examine whether sleep disturbances and fatigue are independently related to the onset of register-based ...

BACKGROUND Prevalence estimates for insomnia range from 10 to 50% in the adult general population. Sleep disturbances cause great impairment in quality of life, which might even rival or exceed the impairment in other chronic medical disorders. The economic implications and use of health-care services related to chronic insomnia represent a clinical concern as well as a pronounced public health...

ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF SLEEP DISTURBANCES IN MEDICAL ILLNESS IS PAIN. SLEEP DISTURBANCES ARE REPORTED BY MORE THAN 70% OF patients suffering from painful disorders, including chronic rheumatic diseases, headaches, postherpetic neuralgia, burn injuries, and postoperative pain to name a few.1-5 Pain and other elements of the illness influence and alter the sleep process.6 Reciprocally, dist...

OBJECTIVE Sleep disturbances such as insomnia and nightmares are core components of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet their neurobiological relationship is still largely unknown. We investigated brain alterations related to sleep disturbances in PTSD patients and controls by using both structural and functional neuroimaging techniques. METHOD Thirty-nine subjects either developing (n...