In a cross-sectional study of women in nursing team at university hospital southern Brazil, we studied DNA damage, salivary cortisol levels, and cognition. damage was measured blood leukocytes with the comet assay micronucleus test. Salivary levels were determined upon waking, 30 min later, bedtime. Cognition evaluated according to Stroop, Digit span Word tests. Cortisol on waking up associated...

The prevalence and correlates of sleeping in the parental bed among healthy children between 6 months and 4 years of age are described. One hundred fifty children were enrolled in an interview study on the basis of "well-child" care appointments in representative pediatric facilities. The sample created was similar in demographic characteristics to census data for the Cleveland area. In this cr...

AIM To collect data on treatment of behavioural sleep disorders in children and adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS A literature review based on the PUBMED database. RESULTS Based on the analysed materials three basic complementary procedures were identified - implementation of sleep hygiene, behavioural interventions and pharmacological treatment. The rules of sleep hygiene proven to be eff...

Objective: This study aimed to examine the sleep patterns, sleep habits, and sleep problems in Japanese elementary school children from the aspect of their developmental age. Methods: The Japanese version of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ-J) was distributed to the parents of 330 students of which 296 (154 boys and 142 girls) questionnaires were returned. The subjects were divid...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the link between adolescent sleep and non-attendance in school. METHODS A large population-based study from Norway conducted in 2012, the youth@hordaland study, surveyed 8,347 adolescents aged 16-19 years (54% girls). Self-reported sleep measures included bedtime, rise time, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep onset latency (SOL), wake after...

Previous studies suggest itch associated with atopic dermatitis (AD) varies by time of day among adults. However, variation in intensity throughout the is not well-understood children. This study examined differences AD children AD. We conducted a cross-sectional survey 240 parent-child dyads, including 60 infants (1-4 years) and 180 (5-17 US, stratified sampling age, sex, race. Parents were as...

The current study assessed the associations between sleep and psychosocial symptoms in 157 Finnish adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Sleep trouble was self-rated in Sleep Self-Report (SSR) and in Youth Self-Report (YSR). Psychosocial symptoms of the adolescents were assessed by the YSR and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Patients reporting sleep trouble had significantly more ...

Transactional models of parenting and infant sleep call attention to bidirectional associations among parenting, the biosocial environment, and infant sleep behaviors. Although night waking and bedtime fussing are normative during infancy and early childhood, they can be challenging for parents. The current study, conducted in the United States between 2003 and 2009, examined concurrent and lon...