Auditory Arousal Thresholds of Good Sleepers and Poor Sleepers With and Without Flurazepam

Good and poor sleepers differ in Navy performance.

Drugs for poor sleepers?

Interpersonal distress is associated with sleep and arousal in insomnia and good sleepers.

OBJECTIVE The interpersonal environment is strongly linked to sleep. However, little is known about interpersonal distress and its association with sleep. We examined the associations among interpersonal distress, objective and subjective sleep in people with and without insomnia. METHODS Participants in this cross-sectional observational study included men and women with insomnia (n = 28) an...

Disqualified and qualified poor sleepers: subjective and objective variables.

Sleep laboratory studies of patients complaining of insomnia have demonstrated discrepancies between subjective reports and electroencephalograph (EEG)-recorded measures. In our research studies on sleeping aids, 60% of the self-described poor sleepers who reported usual sleep latencies of at least 45 min did not meet the laboratory qualification criterion of a 30-min or longer sleep latency. T...

Sleep hygiene practices of good and poor sleepers in the United States: an internet-based study.

This Internet-based investigation assessed the frequency of multiple sleep hygiene practices in 128 good sleepers and 92 poor sleepers (mean age = 41.6, SD = 12.8, 61.8% women). The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to measure sleep quality (< 5 = good sleep, > 7 = poor sleep). Although sleep hygiene practices were generally good, poor sleepers showed increased cognitive activity in the b...