OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore longitudinal associations between sitting and physical and psychological symptoms in mid-age women. METHOD Mid-age (53-58 years) participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health completed mail surveys in 2004 (n=10,286), 2007 (n=10,128) and 2010 (n=9452) with questions about sitting time (<6, 6-9, and ≥ 9 h/day) and frequency o...

BACKGROUND A psychocomportemental questionnaire has been devised by the consensus group of the Société Française de Médecine du Sport to characterise and quantify, using a list of functional and psychocomportemental signs, a state of "staleness", for which no biological indicator is unanimously recognised. OBJECTIVES To determine the relation between this diagnostic method and two hormones (c...

PURPOSE Despite progress in research concerning adolescent and young adult sleep and circadian preferences, several aspects have remained unexamined. This study explored gender and diurnal rhythms in relation to several sleep-related factors: sleep duration, bedtime, wake-up time, tiredness, sleepiness, and optimal subjective sleep duration. METHODS Circadian preferences and sleep were invest...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate gait in patients with post-polio syndrome, using the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) combined with three-dimensional kinematic analysis. DESIGN Descriptive study. SUBJECTS Eighteen patients and 11 healthy controls. METHODS Kinematic data were obtained during a 6MWT by a Vicon motion capture system. Distance, heart rate, leg tiredness, dyspnoea and exertion were also record...

The six-minute stepper test (6MST) is a new test for evaluating exercise tolerance. Unlike the six-minute walk test (6MWT) it can be carried out in a limited space. The aim of this study was to compare the 6MST and the 6MWT in patients with various diffuse interstitial lung disease (ILD). 6MWT and 6MST were performed the same day in 84 patients with various ILD. The covered distance during 6MWT...

background and objective: stop-bang questionnaire is a well-known obstructive sleep apnea (osa) screening tool. this study aimed to evaluate that patients with high probability of osa in stop-bang questionnaire meet the criteria for assessment by split-night polysomnography (psg). materials and methods: patients who were admitted to three sleep clinics and underwent full-night psg entered into ...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Purpose Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is prevalent in up to 50% patients undergoing atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. Currently, it remains unclear whether all AF should be systematically screened for SDB, or pre-selection requiring screening can improved. We aimed 1) assess the accuracy STOP-Bang questionnaire as a tool detec...

12092 Background: Stage IV NSCLC patients have significant disease and treatment-related morbidity. In Ontario, Canada, cancer complete Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) questionnaires, a tool that elicits patients’ self-reported severity of common cancer-associated symptoms at clinical encounters. ESAS domains are: anxiety, depression, drowsiness, appetite, nausea, pain, shortness brea...

Purpose In the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), there is not yet a convenient tool for deciding whether mandibular advancement oral appliance (OA) adequately adjusted or when to perform post-treatment sleep-testing. We hypothesized that gradual reduction in STOP (snoring, tiredness during daytime, observed apnea, high blood pressure) score, i.e., fewer Yes responses questionnaire, pa...