abstract   background: a significant relationship between psychiatric disorders principally depression and anxiety and insomnia is well-known in general population. ahigh percent of insomnia sufferers report anxiety symptoms. anxiety is also frequently seen in medical patients whom complaints of sleep problems are often prominent.   method: 250 outpatients with various medical complaints partic...

conclusions a high prevalence of sleep disorder was found in this population, specifically among female students. analysis of the relationship between sleep disorder and academic performance indicates a significant relationship of psqi scores with marital status, habitat, smoking, physical activity, and academic performance. results a total of 177 respondents, with a response rate of 55%, were ...

background and objective: breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. many of the women with breast cancer suffer from sleep disorders. this study aimed to investigate the quality of sleep and its related issues in women with breast cancer referred to the hematology and oncology research center affiliated with tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. materials and methods: ...

background pittsburgh sleep quality index (psqi) is one of the most important instruments frequently used to assess sleep quality. this questionnaire is used to assess sleep styles and quality in adults through seven dimensions. objectives the study aims to investigate the reliability, validity and factor structure of the persian version of psqi. materials and methods a survey method with quant...

objective: sleep quality affects on physical and psychological well being and even academic functions of students. indeed, sleep quality has been suggested as an individual index of general health. among adolescents and young adults, poor sleep quality is common. the aim of this survey was to determine the sleep quality and its correlation with general health in 18-year-old iranian students. me...

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...

background: sleep quality is an important and determining factor in the quality of life in dialysis patients. although many chronic dialysis patients complain of poor sleep, we know little about its related factors. therefore, this study was designed to study sleep quality and its predictors among dialysis patients. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study carried out during augu...

background and objective : restless legs syndrome (rls) is a sleep disorder with an association to sleep quality. we investigated the sleep quality in patients with rls among health-care workers with or without shift work. materials and methods : all female health-care workers (n = 540) in four educational hospitals were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. international rls study group (irl...

background: sleep disturbances have negative effects on medical conditions, mental health and cognitive performance. it was shown that about 60% of inpatients suffer from sleep problems. the aim of this study was to assess the correlation between sleep quality and other factors in the inpatients of rasoul-e-akram hospital.   methods: in this cross-sectional study, all the hospitalized patients ...