background: insufficient sleep is a significant public health issue with adverse medical consequences. sleep disturbances are common among university students and have an effect on this group’s overall health and functioning. the aim of this study was to investigate sleep habits and disorders in a population of university students across lebanon. methods: this was a cross-sectional study carrie...

objectives this study aims to detect the effect of selected aerobic exercises on sleep quality in non-athlete middle-aged women. materials and methods fifteen non-athlete middle-aged women participated in this study, all of them suffered from insomnia. pittsburgh questionnaire was used for determining sleep quality in this sample. four indices including sleep duration, sleep disturbance, 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 ...

objective: to evaluate and describe the sleep quality in seven subscales among the patients with mild traumatic brain injury (tbi) and compare it with normal patterns. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted within a 6-month period from february to august 2014 in shahid rajaei trauma center of shiraz. participants were selected randomly from all adult (18-60 years of age) patients adm...

abstract sleep disturbances have been shown to be associated with diabetes control, but the relation between planned wakings or napping with glycemic indices has not been evaluated yet. this study evaluated the relation between sleep quality, duration, and pattern, including daytime napping of people with diabetes and their glycemic control. a cross-sectional correlation research design was use...

AIM To assess the relationship between sleep quality and demographic variables, morning-evening type, and burnout in nurses who work shift. METHODS We carried out a cross-sectional self-administered study with forced choice and open-ended structured questionnaires - Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Morningness-eveningness Questionnaire, and Maslach Burnout Inventory. The study was carried out ...

Introduction: Communication between mobile phones and antenna BTS (Base Transceiver station) is carried by electromagnetic waves that have energy, according to their nature. Increasing use of mobile phones because of the proliferation of antennas the concerns about them are proposed in society. In the present study the correlation between distance from the BTS antennas and the ...