STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess if less than 11 hours off work between work shifts (quick returns) was related to insomnia, sleepiness, fatigue, anxiety, depression and shift work disorder among nurses. METHODS A questionnaire including established instruments measuring insomnia (Bergen Insomnia Scale), sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale), fatigue (Fatigue Questionnaire), anxiety/depression (Hosp...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with sleepiness, depression and reduced quality of life. However, it is unclear whether mild OSA has these negative impacts. Using data from the Apnea Positive Pressure Long-term Efficacy Study (APPLES), this study determined whether participants with mild OSA had greater sleepiness, more depressive symptoms and poorer qualit...

Introduction: Arterial hypertension (AH) coexists with such conditions as obesity, insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia and dyslipidemia, that is, interrelated metabolic disorders characterize the syndrome (MS). The aim of study was to establish relationships between components MS chronotype, level daytime sleepiness, dispositional optimism in patients AH. Methods: included 42 diagnosed stage 2 ...

OBJECTIVES Many patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) suffer from non-motor symptoms like sleep disturbances, excessive daytime sleepiness and fatigue. The aim of our research was to explore whether fatigue is related to sleepiness and sleep problems, depression and functional status, controlled for age, gender and disease duration. METHODS The sample consisted of 78 PD patients from Eastern...

Midlife may be an ideal window for intervention in Alzheimer's disease (AD). To determine whether sleep is associated with early signs of AD neuropathology (amyloid deposition) in late midlife, we imaged brain amyloid deposits using positron emission tomography with [C-11]Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB), and assessed sleep with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and the Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale...

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Excessive daytime sleepiness is a major symptom in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and can be evaluated using both subjective and objective methods. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a simple and validated questionnaire for assessing subjective daytime sleepiness in the context of sleep disorders. Although its subjective character may limit the accurate expression of daytime sleepin...

situation awareness is an important factor in the incidence of industrial accidents. improving situation awareness may help to prevent occupational accidents. determination of factors influencing the situation awareness will help to plan and implement the measures for improving working conditions and making a safer workplace. in this study, was examined the role of work overload and sleepiness ...

introduction: information on the sleepiness and sleep quality is limited for asians. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of sleepiness and sleep quality among the adult population in iran. materials and methods: this is a descriptive and explorative design study in which 1100 participants randomly selected from the kerman city population in south –east of iran. using two questi...