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Obstructive sleep apnoea in adults: body postures and weight changes interactions
Journal of Sleep Research
Dec 2011
Obstructive sleep apnoea in adults: body postures and weight changes interactions
The aim of this work was to study the relationship between changes of body posture dominance and changes of body weight overtime in adults with obstructive sleep apnoea. The participants were 112 non-treated adults with obstructive sleep apnoea who underwent two polysomnographic evaluations at our Sleep Disorders Unit..Short and long sleep duration are associated with prevalent cardiovascular disease in Australian adults
Journal of Sleep Research
Dec 2011
Short and long sleep duration are associated with prevalent cardiovascular disease in Australian adults
A growing number of studies from a range of different countries have observed an association between sleep duration and cardiovascular disease. The objective of this paper was to examine the associations between sleep duration and prevalent cardiovascular disease in a large sample of Australian adults, and identify the..Journal of Sleep Research
Sleep Medicine
Dec 2011
Journal of Sleep Research
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2869..Sustained attention to response task (SART) shows impaired vigilance in a spectrum of disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness
Journal of Sleep Research
Nov 2011
Sustained attention to response task (SART) shows impaired vigilance in a spectrum of disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness
The sustained attention to response task comprises withholding key presses to one in nine of 225 target stimuli; it proved to be a sensitive measure of vigilance in a small group of narcoleptics. We studied sustained attention to response task results in 96 patients from a tertiary narcolepsy referral centre. Diagnoses..Sleep deprivation and accidental fall risk in children
Sleep Medicine
Nov 2011
Sleep deprivation and accidental fall risk in children
Objectives: To look for an association between sleep deprivation and risk of accidental falls (AF) in children. Methods: A questionnaire was applied to two groups of children aged 1–14 years, encompassing children observed in an emergency room for AF (G1) and children attending health care visits (HV) (G2). Collected..Incidence of restless legs syndrome in two population-based cohort studies in Germany
Sleep Medicine
Nov 2011
Incidence of restless legs syndrome in two population-based cohort studies in Germany
Objectives: Prospective data about the new-onset of restless legs syndrome (RLS) are lacking. Our aim was to assess the incidence rate of RLS in the general population. Methods: RLS, defined by the minimal diagnostic criteria, was assessed twice in two independently conducted prospective population-based cohort studies..The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy on Autonomic Nervous System in Midlife Women with Insomnia
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Aug 2011
The Effect of Lavender Aromatherapy on Autonomic Nervous System in Midlife Women with Insomnia
The objective of this study is to determine the effects of 12 weeks of lavender aromatherapy on self-reported sleep and heart rate variability (HRV) in the midlife women with insomnia. Sixty-seven women aged 45–55 years, with a CPSQI (Chinese version of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) greater than 5, were recruited..Fatigue after Stroke: The Patient's Perspective.
Stroke research and treatment
Jul 2011
Fatigue after Stroke: The Patient's Perspective.
Background: Fatigue after stroke is common and distressing to patients. Aims. Our aims were to explore patients' perceptions of post-stroke fatigue, including the causes of fatigue and the factors that alleviate fatigue, in a mixed methods study. Results: We interviewed 15 patients who had had a stroke and were..Sleep matters: Sleep functioning and course of illness in bipolar disorder
Journal of Affective Disorders
Jun 2011
Sleep matters: Sleep functioning and course of illness in bipolar disorder
Few studies have prospectively examined the relationships of sleep with symptoms and functioning in bipolar disorder. The present study examined concurrent and prospective associations between total sleep time (TST) and sleep variability (SV) with symptom severity and functioning in a cohort of DSM-IV bipolar patients..
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