objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of restriction sleep treatment on the quality of sleep in the elders. methods & materials: the study was a quasi-experimental research. the study population consisted of 5000 elders who were members of jahandidegan center of shiraz. sample included 50 elder’s who were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. foll...

sleep deprivation (sd) increases the risk of human-error related accidents and a major cause of motor vehicle accidents. the overall prevalence of insufficient sleep in adults has been estimated at 20%. according to a comprehensive study prevalence of daytime sleepiness, among young adults (age 21 to 30 years), the average nocturnal sleep time during weekdays was 6.7 hours and on weekends was 7...

background and purpose: sleep disorders are a common problem in patients undergoing hemodialysis. poor sleep quality is considered as a potential predictor for mortality and reduced quality of life in these patients. this study aimed to evaluate subjective sleep quality in hemodialysis patients and its association with hemodialysis timing. methods: this descriptive-correlational study was condu...

conclusions using eye mask can significantly improve the sleep quality in cardiac patients. therefore, nurses are recommended to use eye mask in combination with current treatments for improving patients’ sleep quality. results after the study, the median scores of the subjective sleep quality, the sleep latency, the sleep duration, the habitual sleep efficiency, and the sleep disturbances doma...

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...

introduction: the berlin questionnaire (bq) is a common tool to screen for obstructive sleep apnea (osa) in the general population, but its application in the clinical sleep setting is still challenging. the aim of this study was to determine the specificity and sensitivity of the bq compared to the apnea-hypopnea index obtained from polysomnography recordings obtained from a sleep clinic in ir...

sleep problems are common in childhood, but there are limited studies regarding that in iranian children and awareness of the sleep problems and their complication in iranian parents. we arranged this study in which parents of children attending for a sick visit or routine growth control to assess whether sleep problems are under-reported at general pediatric visits. in a cross - a sectional st...

backgroundattention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. up to 50% of these children suffer from at least one comorbid sleep disorder. considering the deleterious effects of sleep problems on all aspects of children's life, this study was designed to investigate the impact of a sleep hygiene intervention on sleep habits ...

abstract background: sleep is one of the basic human needs and sleep deprivation causes numerous undesirable effects on the human body and mind, especially in the intensive care unit (icu) patients. it seems that noise and light are important environmental factors interrupting sleep in these patients. this study was carried out to determine the effect of earplugs and eye mask on iranian patient...

asthma is a common respiratory disorder which often exacerbated during sleep. this study was done to determine sleep disorders among patients suffered from asthma. in this cross-sectional descriptive study, 95 asthmatic patients were selected using convenient sampling method. a questionnaire consisting of both demographic information and global sleep assessment was employed to gather data. resu...