OBJECTIVE To characterise sleep quality and assess degree of daytime sleepiness among medical students of Karachi. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted between August and December 2013 and subjects were recruited from five haphazardly selected medical colleges in Karachi. A convenience sample of medical students underwent two validated self-administered questionnaires i.e. Pittsbur...

BACKGROUND Oral health and academic performance are important contributing factors for a student's professional life. Countless factors affect both, among which sleep, vitality and fatigue are less explored areas that also have a strong impact. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to assess the association of sleep disturbances, fatigue and vitality with self reported oral health status, ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this review was to explore the literature to determine what is known about adolescent sleep, the causes and consequences of disturbed sleep in adolescence and the implications this has for nursing practice. BACKGROUND Sleep disorders are relatively common in young people. Disturbed sleep can be both a cause and a result of ill health and if recognised can indica...

BACKGROUND Sleep Hygiene Index (SHI) was designed to assess sleep hygiene. Although the SHI has shown adequate psychometric properties in a nonclinical sample, it has not been validated in a sample with chronic pain. Also, its factor structure, measurement error, and incremental validity over and above other factors affecting sleep quality have not been investigated in a nonclinical sample. Thu...

Sleep is thought to be a learned neurological process that develops in response to cues from the environment. This is a process that we all go through, but which is impaired in children with neurodevelopmental problems. As a result they can retain their fragmented "baby" pattern of sleeping, potentially throughout their life. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSD) occur when there is a dissoci...

Background: The prevalence of sleep disorders in the general population is between 26.4% and 39.4% in Asia, which has increased in Iran in recent decades. Low sleep quality and reduced sleep hours result in work impairment and physical and mental illnesses. This study aimed to improve sleep quality and determine the factors affecting the quality of sleep. Materials and Methods: This cross-sect...