OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the sleep quality, sleepiness, chronotype and the anxiety level of Brazilian Paralympics athletes before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. Setting Exercise and Psychobiology Studies Center (CEPE) and Universidade Federal de São Paulo, an urban city in Brazil. PARTICIPANTS A total of 27 Paralympics athletes ...

OBJECTIVE Delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD) is a condition in which patients often fall asleep some hours after midnight and have difficulty waking up in the morning. Circadian chronotype questionnaires such as Horne-Östberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) and Basic Language Morningness (BALM) scale have been used for screening for DSPD. This study was to evaluate these two chrono...

OBJECTIVES How human chronotype is correlated to nutrient and food-group intakes and dietary behavior remains to be elucidated. We cross-sectionally examined the association between the midpoint of sleep and these dietary variables in young Japanese women. A calculated halfway point between bedtime and rise time was used as midpoint of sleep. METHODS The subjects were 3304 female Japanese die...

Individuals are different 'chronotypes' with early 'larks' and late 'owls' forming the limits of a normal distribution in the population. We recently described that late chronotypes who suffer from a conflict between internal and external time ('social jetlag') suffer from more mental distress and are more likely to smoke than early chronotypes (Wittmann, Dinich, Merrow, and Roenneberg, 2006 . ...

Background Nurses and other first responders are at high risk of exposure to the SARS-CoV2 virus, many have developed severe COVID-19 infection. A better understanding factors that increase infection after virus could help address this. Although several such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension been associated with an increased infection, develop without established factors. As inflammation cytok...

Materials and methods Cross-sectional study conducted between April 2013 and December 2014. Sociodemographic data were evaluated and for the quality of life we used the WHOQOL BREF. Cronotypes and daily preferences sleep were investigated by Chronotype Questionnaire Munich (MCTQ ). Sleep quality was assessed by questionnaire Pittisburgh Sleep Quality Index. Physical examination was performed an...

Abstract This study aimed to examine the associations of both subjectively and objectively measured sleep with self-reported level physical activity among older adults, explore possible moderative role chronotype in these associations. Baseline data 116 community-dwelling adults without dementia from three prior studies were included. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Actigraphy used as subjective...

Abstract Background When studying the quality of sleep in relation to athletic performance, athlete’s chronotype and habitual time consider important factors. We aim investigate athletes’ performance according elite athletes. Methods Three hundred forty athletes (males = 261, females 79) were recruited for present study. All participants screening by Korean versions Morningness - Eveningness Qu...

Abstract Introduction There are many people with a late chronotype in restless legs syndrome(RLS) patients. This phenomenon may be caused by sleep disturbance due to lower extremity symptoms of RLS, or it some disease-specific characteristic involving the circadian system. The aim this study is estimate cause phenomenon. Methods retrospective and was performed on 100 RLS patients without other ...