challenges in evaluating sleep disturbances in patients with hand and upper extremity disease

BACKGROUND Adolescents with cancer experience distressing physical and psychosocial symptoms, especially during treatment. Fatigue and sleep disturbances commonly affect adolescents' quality of life, but little is known about how adolescents experience these symptoms during an early month of chemotherapy. This study measured fatigue, sleep disturbances, and quality of life in 20 adolescents ove...

The aim of the study was to elucidate the epidemiological characteristics of the sleep disturbances in population of Novosibirsk (Siberia, Russia). A randomized representative sample of 45–69-year-old residents of both genders (n = 4171) was studied in a framework of the HAPIEE study in Novosibirsk from 2003 to 2005. The sleep disturbances were studied by using the Jenkins Sleep Questionnaire (...

BACKGROUND Sleep disturbances are recognized as a side effect of cancer treatment, affecting physiological and psychological functioning. Sleep disturbances can persist through treatment and survivorship, and are increasingly prevalent among breast cancer survivors (BCSs). OBJECTIVES The purpose of this review is to summarize current research on subjective and objective measures of sleep dist...

Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system. Degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons is the main cause of the disease. The basic symptoms of Parkinson's disease are bradykinesia, rigidity and resting tremor. Disturbances of the autonomous nervous system, depression, dementia and sleep disorders are common, too. People with Parkinson's disease suffer from insomni...

Objective: sleep disturbances are frequently undiagnosed in patients with mental disorders. the aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of sleep disturbances in a sample of treatment-seeking patients with obsessivecompulsive disorder (ocd). Method: a total of 123 patients were screened, of whom 63 met diagnostic criteria for ocd and were further assessed with measures of slee...

Respiratory disturbances during sleep are recognized as extremely common disorders with important clinical consequences. Breathing disorders during sleep can result in broad range of clinical manifestations, the most prevalent of which are unrefreshing sleep, daytime sleepiness and fatigue, and cognitive impairmant. There is also evidence that respiratory-related sleep disturbances can contribu...

Sleep disturbances in depression are up to 70%. Patients frequently have difficulty in falling asleep, frequent awakenings during the night and non-restorative sleep. Sleep abnormalities in depression are mainly characterized by increased rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and reduced slow wave sleep. Among the mechanisms of sleep disturbances in depression are hyperactivation of the hypothalamic-p...

BACKGROUND Western research studies have found that sleep disturbances reduced quality of life and daily functioning of patients with heart failure; however, information about sleep disturbance is lacking in Taiwanese people with heart failure. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to investigate predictors of self-reported sleep disturbances in Taiwanese people with heart failure. The h...

OBJECTIVE To study whether job strain, that is, psychological job demands and decision latitude, and sleep disturbances among persons with occasional neck/shoulder/arm pain (NSAP) are prognostic factors for having experienced at least one episode of troublesome NSAP, and to determine whether sleep disturbances modify the association between job strain and troublesome NSAP. DESIGN Prospective ...