background and objective: failure in diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea in children lead to physical and mental growth retardation, cardiopulmonary, and/or behavioral disorders. this study was aimed to evaluate polysomnographic (psg) and clinical findings of sleep apnea in children referred to a sleep clinic in qazvin, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted am...

sleep disturbance, known as insomnia, is a common symptom of many mental illnesses. insomnia is one of the most prevalent sleep disorders characterized by sleep difficulty that affects our life and work safety. several lines of evidence support the primary insomnia as a risk factor/predictor for depression and anxiety disturbances. anxiety disorders and insomnia are common, debilitating and hig...

sleep disorders in children can lead to considerable complications. in some mental disorders including autism, it has more importance. despite the importance of sleep in children developments and lives, few researches have conducted in this area therefore this research is going to investigate sleep behavioral disorders in children and compare with normal children. research design was causal-com...

background: as sleep has a critical role in health and social function and also, changes in women's sleep patterns can be the first indicator of mood disorders this study was conducted to investigate the sleep disorders among women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder. methods: in this study, using standard tools of general sleep questionnaire (gsq) and berlin questionnaire, sleep disorders amo...

background : postoperative neurological injuries, including cognitive dysfunction, sleep disorder, delirium, and anxiety, are the important consequences of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). evidence has shown that postoperative sleep disturbance is partly due to disturbed melatonin secretion in the perioperative period. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of melatonin on...

introduction: adenoid hypertrophy is the most common cause of chronic airway obstruction in children. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of adenotonsillectomy on sleep and behavioral disorders in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy.   materials and methods: in a prospective observational study, all children with an indication of adenotonsillectomy based on american academy of...

kidney failure affects different aspects of normal life. among different manifestations, sleep problem can be considered as a common complaint of esrd (end stage renal disease) patients. in this study, we aimed to investigate the interrelationship between sleep disorders in esrd patients and their characteristics. through a cross-sectional study (2010-2011), 88 esrd patients undergoing maintena...