BACKGROUND Sleep deprivation among junior physicians (house officers) is of growing concern. In developed countries, duty hours are now mandated, but in developing countries, junior physicians are highly susceptible to develop sleep impairment due to long working hours, on-call duties and shift work schedule. AIM We undertook the study to assess sleep quality among Pakistani junior physicians...

Background: There are multiple connections between sleep and lung cancer. Both of them impacting each other cancer can make it difficult to well due symptoms treatment side effects( 20-70% patients suffer insomnia) .Also there is possible relationship nocturnal intermittent hypoxia, apnea daytime sleepiness, progression considered as risk factor obstructive severity. Aim the work: evaluate patt...

OBJECTIVE Epidemiologic studies consistently link caffeine, a nonselective adenosine antagonist, to lower risk of Parkinson disease (PD). However, the symptomatic effects of caffeine in PD have not been adequately evaluated. METHODS We conducted a 6-week randomized controlled trial of caffeine in PD to assess effects upon daytime somnolence, motor severity, and other nonmotor features. Patien...

BACKGROUND The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) are questionnaires used to assess sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness in clinical and population-based studies. The present study aimed to evaluate the construct validity and factor structure of the PSQI and ESS questionnaires among young adults in four countries (Chile, Ethiopia, Peru and Tha...

BACKGROUND The effect of sleep difficulties has achieved a great deal of attention recently, with university students considered as a homogenized population, particularly affected by sleep habits. AIM The objective of this study was to investigate whether Libyan college students experience sleep disturbance during their academic programmes. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in ...

In this study we evaluated the incidence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea and Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in patients with thromboangiitis obliterans for reduction of crisis. In 40 patients with Buerger's disease daily sleepiness and risk of Obstructive sleep apnea were evaluated using the Epworth sleeping scale (ESS) and the Stop-Bang score. An Apnea-link device was used for evalua...

Abstract: Snoring is an important sign of sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD), of the upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS), and of the obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Snoring is a symptom of nasal obstruction and is associated with cardiovascular diseases. Roommates or bed partners are also suffered by snorers. In-house monitoring of snoring is very useful for evaluation by bed partner o...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with sleepiness, depression and reduced quality of life. However, it is unclear whether mild OSA has these negative impacts. Using data from the Apnea Positive Pressure Long-term Efficacy Study (APPLES), this study determined whether participants with mild OSA had greater sleepiness, more depressive symptoms and poorer qualit...

The aim of this work was to evaluate the measurement properties and hierarchical item structure of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Data were taken from a cross-sectional study regarding fatigue and sleep-related aspects of PD. One hundred and eighteen consecutive patients with neurologist-diagnosed PD without significant co-morbidities (54% men; mea...

background and objective: sleepiness is one of the important factors in motor vehicle accidents, especially in commercial drivers (cds). obstructive sleep apnea (osa) has an important role in developing sleepiness. the stop-bang questionnaire is used in medical examinations of commercial drivers in iran by law. this study aimed to investigate the judgment that drivers prefer not to report their...