background: poor sleep quality is closely associated with lifestyle habits including use of mobile cell-phones.this study aimed to identify the relationship between sleep quality due to abuse in mobile cell-phones and engagement in social networks. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted on 380 undergraduate students selected by proportional stratified sampling in qom, iran in 2015. ...

  Background: Sleep disturbances have negative effects on medical conditions, mental health and cognitive performance. It was shown that about 60% of inpatients suffer from sleep problems. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between sleep quality and other factors in the inpatients of Rasoul-e-Akram hospital.   Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all the hospitalized patient...

THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP TO A SENSE OF WELL-BEING IS EVIDENT TO ANYONE WHO HAS SPENT A SLEEPLESS NIGHT. However, the amount of sleep necessary for good health is unclear. Most sleep professionals, as well as the National Sleep Foundation, recommend that adults obtain 8 hours of sleep per night.1 However, with the increasing demands placed on individuals in Western society, the time adults in the...

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the relationships among sleep problems and daytime behaviors in a large, well-defined cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS: Out of a registry population of 3452 children with ASDs, a subset of 1193 children aged 4 to 10 years of age from 14 centers across the country was used to evaluate the relationship bet...

To evaluate the effect of smoking habits on sleep, data from 1492 adults referred to the Sleep Institute were accessed and divided into 3 categories of smoking status: current, former and non-smokers. Categories of pack-years (<15 and > or =15) defined smoking severity. The association of smoking status and smoking severity with sleep was analyzed for sleep parameters, especially apnea and hypo...

Abstract Sleep studies suggest that exams, jobs, and technologies keep teens up at night, but little research exists to engage in reflecting on their own sleep. We designed a set of cards web-based app ‘SleepBeta’ support reflection by inviting ask questions, explore, track, experiment with sleep related technology lifestyle habits. Through card sorting, we invited identify habits they wished t...

background: sleep disturbances have negative effects on medical conditions, mental health and cognitive performance. it was shown that about 60% of inpatients suffer from sleep problems. the aim of this study was to assess the correlation between sleep quality and other factors in the inpatients of rasoul-e-akram hospital.   methods: in this cross-sectional study, all the hospitalized patients ...

Mattress, as a sleep platform, its types and physical properties has an important effect on sleep quality and rest efficiency. In this paper, by subjective evaluations, analysis of sleeping behaviors and tests of depth of sleep, the relationship between characteristics of the bedding materials, the structure of mattress, sleep quality and sleep behaviors were studied. The results showed that: (...

BACKGROUND Children with Down syndrome (DS) suffer from sleep problems, including sleep maintenance problems, as well as snoring, and other symptoms of disordered breathing. To examine sleep in DS, we gave parents a questionnaire assessing their child's sleep. MATERIALS AND METHODS The parents of 35 children with DS (mean age = 12.65 years, range = 7-18 years) completed the 33-item Children's...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the variance in sleep habits of adolescents of different high school Grades in urban India. DESIGN Cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. SETTING Community based school survey in an urban setting. SUBJECTS School going adolescents from 9th to 12th Grades. METHODS A total of 1,920 adolescents aged 12-18 years were included. The questionnaire contained questions r...