Introduction Fatigue is a common and disabling problem in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and there is currently no satisfactory treatment. As acupuncture has been reported to be effective in fatigue related to other conditions, we sought to evaluate its efficacy in PD. Methods This was a single center, randomized, sham-controlled study. Forty PD patients with moderately severe fatigu...

The aim of this study was to examine the rate of fatigue and sleepiness around the shift and non-shift workers and its relation to occupational accidents. This was a cross-sectional study on the workers of Iranian Industrial Mining Group. They included 137 shift workers as the case and 130 non-shift workers as the control. A multi-part questionnaire including demographic characteristics, Piper ...

A few publications documented the coexistence of epilepsy and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The extent, nature, and clinical relevance of this association remain poorly understood. We retrospectively reviewed the database of our sleep center to identify patients with both sleep apnea and epilepsy. Characteristics of epilepsy, sleep history, presence of excessive daytime sleepiness [Epworth Sle...

OBJECTIVES Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with major morbidity and mortality but OSAS is frequently under recognized. To promote awareness of OSAS, the Swiss Lung League launched an online questionnaire combined with annual advertisements in mass media. Characteristics of participants, prevalence of sleep apnea, OSAS-related symptoms, and their association with accidents ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Fatigue is a common symptom in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Although sleep disturbances are a candidate factor that may interfere with fatigue in patients with ALS, the role of sleep-related abnormalities in determining fatigue in ALS is unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency and determinants of fatigue in a group of 91 consecutive patients with ALS, with ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with sleep complaints as excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and several factors have been implicated in the genesis of these complaints. Objective. To correlate the subjective perception of EDS with variables as the severity of the motor symptoms, medications, and the presence of depressive symptoms. Materials and Methods. A cross-sectional study, using sp...

This study investigated the possible factors related to the Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) mean sleep latency. A second analysis explored the characteristics of subjects who had discrepant Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and MWT scores. A total of 151 subjects (110 mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients and 41 control subjects) were recruited for the study. The subjects ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacies of transcutaneous stimulation of genioglossus on remaining mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP). METHODS A total of 22 patients diagnosed with mild-to-moderate OSAS by polysomnography (PSG) after UPPP were recruited from Sleep Center of First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University from Feb...

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a widely used, validated questionnaire for effectively examining patients’ sleepiness in range of different situations. Test–retest reliability an important aspect questionnaire, which, according to only few studies, was found be low the case ESS. All these studies applied long intervals between tests, thereby increasing possibility fundamental change circu...

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness and other sleep symptoms in a group of professional wrestlers and to identify the risk factors of snoring in these subjects. Methods: A questionnaire was administered to 55 professional wrestlers and 44 age matched men. All subjects answered nine questions about their sleep and snoring habits and self-graded on a scale ...