background and objective: breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. many of the women with breast cancer suffer from sleep disorders. this study aimed to investigate the quality of sleep and its related issues in women with breast cancer referred to the hematology and oncology research center affiliated with tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. materials and methods: ...

objectives this study aims to detect the effect of selected aerobic exercises on sleep quality in non-athlete middle-aged women. materials and methods fifteen non-athlete middle-aged women participated in this study, all of them suffered from insomnia. pittsburgh questionnaire was used for determining sleep quality in this sample. four indices including sleep duration, sleep disturbance, sleep ...

To identify the scales to assess sleep disorders applied to women with climacteric stage. Bibliographical research without intervention, the available information in scientific databases. Performed in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Ebscohos OvidSP and Health Library. The words used in this article: insomnia, adjustment sleep disorder, questionnaires, studies and menopause. Publications of all t...

PURPOSE Dry eye disease (DED) is potentially associated with sleep and mood disorders. This study evaluated sleep quality in patients with DED using a questionnaire-based survey before and after topical eyedrop treatment. The effectiveness of sleep and ophthalmic services in assisting with sleep problems in patients with eye disease was also assessed. METHODS Seventy-one consecutive patients ...

A comparison of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, a new sleep questionnaire, and sleep diaries. Self-report retrospective estimates of sleep behaviors are not as accurate as prospective estimates from sleep diaries, but are more practical for epidemiological studies. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the validity of retrospective measures and improve upon them. The current study compared...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify chronotypes of medical students at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and its relationship to quality of sleep, daytime sleepiness, age, sex and season of birth. METHODS The final sample consisted of 221 students, assessed by four questionnaires: demographic questionnaire, Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quali...

background pittsburgh sleep quality index (psqi) is one of the most important instruments frequently used to assess sleep quality. this questionnaire is used to assess sleep styles and quality in adults through seven dimensions. objectives the study aims to investigate the reliability, validity and factor structure of the persian version of psqi. materials and methods a survey method with quant...

BACKGROUND Disturbed sleep is a significant health issue for pregnant women. Inadequate vitamin D intake is common among pregnant women and can affect many bodily systems. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to test the hypothesis that serum vitamin D levels are low in pregnant women who have poor sleep quality in their last trimester. METHODS We enrolled 92 pregnant women who were ...