Introduction: Today, hemodialysis is the most common treatment method for patients with chronic kidney diseases. Patients under hemodialysis, because of their complex treatment regimen, experience fundamental changes in their lifestyle and sleep quality. Objective: This study aimed to investigate lifestyle, sleep quality, and related factors in hemodialysis patients. Materials and Methods: Th...

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...

background: sleep and rest are basic physiological human needs. nurses work irregularly in morning, afternoon, and evening shifts; therefore, they are at greater risk of sleep problems than others. the aim of this study was to identify the factors related to sleep quality of nurses at rafsanjan university of medical sciences, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted...

background and objective : poor sleep, poor quality of sleep and sleepiness are among the common problems as-sociated with learning, memory and educational performance in children and adolescents. considering the lack of pre-vious literature in this field, especially in the city of yazd, iran, a number of high-school students of the city participat-ed in a study to assess sleep problems and inf...

Background: Recent studies have shown that physical activity is an effective factor in improving sleep quality. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the sleep quality of athlete and non-athlete pregnant women. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive analytical study was performed on 300 pregnant women in the last trimester of pregnancy, referred to prenatal care unit of Amiralmomenin Hos...

INTRODUCTION Understanding factors affecting post-operative recovery is of great importance to efforts at reducing morbidity and mortality after general surgery. Post-operatively, most patients suffer from objectively and subjectively measurable reduced sleep quality. We aimed to review the available literature on post-operative sleep in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. METHODS This sy...

BACKGROUND Chronic low back pain (CLBP) has a significant effect on quality of life and imposes a great economical burden on society. In a number of studies, validated questionnaires had been given to CLBP patients to determine their health-associated quality of life, sleep disturbance, and psychological status. However, such outcome studies had not been performed previously in Korea. METHODS...