Abstract Introduction College students are at risk for sleep disturbances that may influence academic performance and cognitive function. Poor hygiene quality over time results in inadequate daytime sleepiness, which, if not addressed, eventually leads to deprivation adverse health effects. The current study aims identify practices self-efficacy relate poor good sleepers categorized according t...

objective sleep disorders are common in children; they also have a significant impact on the whole family, the parents in particular. few studies in this field have been performed in iran; hence the  present study was carried out in order to determine sleep patterns and the  prevalence of sleep disorders in school aged children in qazvin. material and methods this cross sectional study was done...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate the feasibility of an intervention designed to promote sleep and modify fatigue during four cycles of adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy. DESIGN Prospective, repeated measures, quasi-experimental feasibility study. SETTING Midwestern urban oncology clinics. SAMPLE 25 women between the ages of 40-65 (mean = 54.3) with stage I-II breast cancer receiving doxor...

OBJECTIVE To characterise sleep quality and assess degree of daytime sleepiness among medical students of Karachi. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted between August and December 2013 and subjects were recruited from five haphazardly selected medical colleges in Karachi. A convenience sample of medical students underwent two validated self-administered questionnaires i.e. Pittsbur...

BACKGROUND Oral health and academic performance are important contributing factors for a student's professional life. Countless factors affect both, among which sleep, vitality and fatigue are less explored areas that also have a strong impact. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to assess the association of sleep disturbances, fatigue and vitality with self reported oral health status, ...