BACKGROUND Insomnia increases in frequency as women approach and pass through menopause. Studies have not shown acupuncture efficacy for insomnia in postmenopausal women. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy on sleep parameters, depression symptoms and quality of life in postmenopausal women with insomnia. METHODS This study included 18 p...

background: sleep disorders are common among patients with chronic heart failure (hf), and it can have a significant effect on patients’ daily activities as well as their health. the purpose of this study was to assess sleep quality and its predictors in iranian patients with chronic hf.   methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 200 patients with hf in two hospitals of...

Sleep problems have not been directly reported in phenylketonuria (PKU). In PKU, the metabolic pathway of phenylalanine is disrupted, which, among others, causes deficits in the neurotransmitters and sleep modulators dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. Understanding sleep problems in PKU patients may help explain the pathophysiology of brain dysfunction in PKU patients. In this explorative...

INTRODUCTION To investigate the relationship between common psychiatric disorders (CPDs) and sleep characteristics (evening chronotype, poor sleep quality and daytime sleepiness) among Thai college students. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 2,970 undergraduate students in Thailand. Students were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire that collected information ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To present an expert consensus, standardized, patient-informed sleep diary. METHODS AND RESULTS Sleep diaries from the original expert panel of 25 attendees of the Pittsburgh Assessment Conference(1) were collected and reviewed. A smaller subset of experts formed a committee and reviewed the compiled diaries. Items deemed essential were included in a Core sleep diary, and tho...

Factors that cause hypertension include poor sleep quality and lack of physical activity. This study aims to determine the relationship between activity with category patients in work area North Cilacap 2 Community Health Centre. type quantitative research cross sectional design using rank spearman statistical test. Measurement Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Indeks questionnaire (PSQI). Physical Acti...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the influence of nocturnal use of computer and their effect on sleep quality, in a group of adolescents. METHOD Two middle schools were chosen for the research. The sample consisted of adolescents n=160 (55M; 105F), with ages ranging from 15 to 18 years. Questionnaire about computer use with the objective of obtaining information regarding the time and number of hours of ...

background: sleep is an important aspect of healthy lifestyle. one of the prevalent diabetes mellitus-related non-vascular complications is sleep problems. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a non-pharmacological care plan designed based on the continuous care model (ccm) on sleep quality in patients with type ii diabetes with two month follow up. methods: this randomized c...