OBJECTIVE Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is associated with α-synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). We aimed to assess the differences in the clinical characteristics of PD with and without RBD. METHODS Forty-two patients previously diagnosed with PD were evaluated for clinical history, motor and cognitive functioning using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rati...

BACKGROUND/AIM Sleep disorders are more common in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We aimed to determine the sleep quality in adult and elderly people with RA and the factors associated with sleep disorders in each group. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted with 182 patients (83 elderly and 99 adult patients) diagnosed with RA. Data were collected through a patient identificat...

Introduction: Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) has spread to 34 provinces in Indonesia. Indonesia first confirmed the case of COVID-19 March 2020. The outbreak pandemic made teaching and learning process shifted distance teaching. This activity-limiting measure response curbing caused an unprecedented change human behavior around world. One changes is sleep. Sleep a physiological that highly ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the self-reported sleep and napping behaviour of Australian university students and the relationship between napping and daytime functioning. A sample of 280 university first-year psychology students (median age  = 19.00 years) completed a 6-item napping behaviour questionnaire, a 12-item Daytime Feelings and Functioning Scale, the Pittsburg Sleep Quali...

INTRODUCTION Epilepsy is a complex pervasive neurobehavioral and social condition accompanied by a wide range of comorbid conditions that can adversely affect the quality of life of patients. Sleep complaints are common among patients with epilepsy. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of subjective sleep disturbances and its effects on sleep quality in epileptic patients. METHO...

The objective was to investigate associations ofperceived stress with sleep duration and quality among 430 police officers. Perceived stress was assessed using the perceived stress scale. Sleep duration and quality were assessed using the Pittsburg sleep quality index questionnaire. Mean hours of sleep were determined across quartiles of perceived stress using ANOVA/ANCOVA. Logistic regression ...

BACKGROUND Sleep disturbance is a common self-reported complaint by PTSD patients. However, there are controversies in documenting objective indices of disrupted sleep in these patients. The aim of the present study was to assess sleep disturbances in veterans with chronic PTSD, using both subjective and objective assessments. METHODS Thirty two PTSD patients with complaints of insomnia were ...

Objectives: In this study, it was aimed to assess relationship of disease severity with sleep quality, depression and anxiety in patients carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) compare findings healthy controls. Methods: The study included 35 diagnosed as CTS 20 individuals. patients, symptom functional disorders were assessed using Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BTCQ). quality Pittsburg Sleep Quali...

OBJECTIVE To identify the functional and pathologic correlates underlying subjective memory complaints (SMCs) in cognitively normal older adults. METHODS Two hundred fifty-one older adults underwent resting-state fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET and Pittsburg compound B-PET β-amyloid (Aβ) imaging and filled out a questionnaire regarding SMCs. Participants were classified into 2 groups based on th...