background: sleep quality is an important and determining factor in the quality of life in dialysis patients. although many chronic dialysis patients complain of poor sleep, we know little about its related factors. therefore, this study was designed to study sleep quality and its predictors among dialysis patients. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study carried out during augu...

Although the prevalence rates of sleep disorders at different stages of childhood and adolescence have been well established, little is known about the developmental course of general sleep problems. This also holds true for the bidirectional relationship between sleep problems and emotional as well as behavioral difficulties. This longitudinal study investigated the general pattern and the lat...

Previous research has shown that performance on problem solving improves over a period of sleep, as compared with wakefulness. However, these studies have not determined whether sleep is beneficial for problem solving or whether sleep merely mitigates against interference due to an interruption to solution attempts. Sleep-dependent improvements have been described in terms of spreading activati...

S disturbances in preschool children tend to persist, as the child grow older and the mothers perceived their child's sleep problems as stressful to them and their family life. In 84% of SD infants these problems persisted after 3 years of age (1) and were still present in 75% of 8 years-old children having presented SD at 3 years (2). Pollock (3) reported a significant increased risk of sleep ...

OBJECTIVE To describe sleep problems among youth with and without functional abdominal pain (FAP). METHODS Participants were 8-15 years of age diagnosed with FAP (n = 67) or healthy pain-free comparisons (n = 80). Parents and participants completed instruments assessing sleep, psychiatric status, and FAP symptoms. Parent and child reports of sleep problems were compared across groups and the ...

BACKGROUND Existing research indicates sleep problems to be prevalent in youth with internalizing disorders. However, childhood sleep problems are common in the general population and few data are available examining unique relationships between sleep, specific types of anxiety and depressive symptoms among non-clinical samples of children and adolescents. METHODS The presence of sleep proble...

AIM To compare sleep problems in children with cerebral palsy to typically developing children. To study the relationship between sleep problems in children with cerebral palsy and maternal sleep quality and depression. METHODS Fifty-seven children with cerebral palsy aged 4-12 years were identified from a UK disability database. Maternal sleep disturbance and mood were assessed using the Pit...

Both a higher suicide rate and widespread sleep problems are serious health concerns in Japan when compared with those of other countries. We investigated the relationship between suicidal ideation and sleep problems in Japanese day workers using the 3-dimensional sleep scale (3DSS), which measures three sleep elements (phase, quality, and quantity). Data from 635 Japanese day workers (461 mens...