background: poor sleep quality is closely associated with lifestyle habits including use of mobile cell-phones.this study aimed to identify the relationship between sleep quality due to abuse in mobile cell-phones and engagement in social networks. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted on 380 undergraduate students selected by proportional stratified sampling in qom, iran in 2015. ...

background test anxiety is a special case of a general anxiety which is of particular importance in students, because students will be the future of the country and the society activists. on the other hand, sleep quality and sleep disorders, have correlation with ailments, poor performance, decreased quality of life and increase of associated costs; this study aimed to determine the quality of ...

Background: Sleep deprivation has numerous negative consequences on the human body and mind. It exacerbates anxiety, irritability, and nervousness and worsens the cardiovascular function. This study aimed at evaluating the quality of sleep in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit. Methods: This was a descriptive study with 93 patients hospitalized in critical care units of three...

background variations in diurnal preferences for activity and sleep are classified as morning and evening chronotypes. morning and evening-type individuals differ regarding a number of psychological and biological variables such as sleep. objectives the current study aimed to investigate the relationship between chronotypes and sleep quality. patients and methods in this descriptive, correlatio...

background & aim : increasing students’ academic stress especially during taking final exams may result in sleep  disorders, fatigue, poor academic performance and low functional efficiency. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between sleep quality with fatigue severity and academic performance of nursing students. methods & materials : in a cross-sectional study, the sleep ...

background: this study compared the sleep quality and sleepiness in day workers and shift workers. sleep quality and sleepiness in staff nurses were significantly different than employees . shift work is an important factor influencing the sleep quality and sleepiness of nurses. the aim of the present research was to compare three groups: (1) nurses with shiftwork; (2) nurses without shiftwork ...

Background: Melatonin is one of the drugs which are used in the treatment of sleep problems, including insomnia and sleep deprivation. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the melatonin effect on sleep quality in patients with cancer. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on cancer patients with trouble sleeping who were treated with melatonin (3 mg per day) for a month....

conclusions the orem-based self-care model program can be a useful tool to improve sleep quality of patients with ms. future studies can be directed to investigate the effects of such interventions on other common problems of patients. results before the intervention, there was no significant difference between the two groups with regard to mean scores of sleep quality (p = 0.22). both groups r...

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...