Objective—To investigate the relation between measures of pain threshold and symptoms of distress to determine if fibromyalgia is a discrete construct/ disorder in the clinic. Methods—627 patients seen at an outpatient rheumatology centre from 1993 to 1996 underwent tender point and dolorimetry examinations. All completed the assessment scales for fatigue, sleep disturbance, anxiety, depression...

this was a cross-sectional case-control study in which the effect of night-time ambient light on prevalence of myopia in patients with a history of exposure to night-time light during sleep throughout the first three years of their lives was investigated in 2008. two hundred children aged 3-15 years who were brought to our eye clinic at boo-ali hospital for ophthalmic examination investigated a...

Methods: The sleep recordings of 120 patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) suspicion who underwent PSG at ear nose and throat clinic of Akdeniz University Hospital between January and June 2013 were retrospectively analysed. Patients were divided into 4 groups according to the apnoea-hypopnea index (AHI): AHI<5 (normal), AHI 5-15 (mild OSA), AHI 15-30 (moderate OSA) and AHI>30 (severe OS...

Objective This study was conducted to determine psychiatric diseases accompanying common neurological diseases. Material and Methods The is a retrospective study. files of 1125 patients diagnosed with neurologic disease who were treated as an outpatient in the psychiatry clinic between 26.12.2016 - 26.12.2017 examined. Results most commonly depression 59.9% anxiety disorder 42.5% neurology rece...

OBJECTIVES Sleep difficulties are common in children with autism spectrum disorders, with wide-ranging effects on the child's daytime behavior. We reviewed data within our Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network Registry to determine the prevalence of sleep difficulties and patterns of medication use. METHODS Data from 1518 children ages 4 to 10 years were analyzed to determine the number of c...

Abstract Introduction A significant challenge in diagnosing Restless Leg Syndrome children is the child’s inability to verbally describe their symptoms. In our pediatric sleep clinic, it has been recognized that restless a routine element of clinical history for presenting with wide range disturbances. literature review showed substantial about prevalence and characteristics children, but there...

Patients with OSAHS may present to a sleep clinic or to other specialists with symptoms that are not immediately attributable to the condition. The diagnostic methods available are reviewed.

Abstract Introduction Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a clinical of dysautonomia associated with an excessive increase in heart rate following shift to standing posture. As 2019, POTS has prevalence 1-3 million (0.3-0.9%) the United States. Narcolepsy chronic neurologic condition persistent hypersomnolence irrespective total sleep time that also REM-sleep dissociative featur...

Twenty-six patients with sleep apnea had neuropsychologic testing prior to nocturnal sleep study in a sleep disorders clinic. The cognitive functioning of patients who had sleep apnea with associated hypoxemia was compared to nonhypoxemic patients with sleep apnea. The patients who had sleep apnea with hypoxemia had more severe cognitive impairment than those with sleep apnea without hypoxemia....

Earthquake survivors are a diverse population. This study focused on a special group of earthquake survivors, who had still stayed in temporary housing camps for about 2 years after China's Wenchuan Earthquake rather than those who moved back to rebuild their lives or immigrated to large cities to seek new lives. The research goals were to (1) assess their sleep problems as well as their PTSD, ...