Introduction: Disruption of the sleep cycle can disrupt the activity of the hormonal rhythms. Given that diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common endocrine disease, and few studies have been conducted to investigate its relationship with sleep quality, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between sleep disorders and diabetes mellitus. Methods: The present study was a descri...

Background: Sleep has a major role in daily cycles and reconstruction of physical and mental abilities. Regarding the importance of this feature, we decided to determine sleep quality in medical students.Methods: A questionnaire containing demographic data, Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was prepared. We distributed the questionnaires using a census method to every ...

Introduction & Objective:Sleep disorder is a common problom in the general populationand is associated with general health status. The purpose of this study was to determine the comorbidity of sleep disorder and general health in Hamedan.    Materials & Methods: This study was a descriptive cross – sectional one. The participants were 1800 adults who were selected by cluster sampling in Hamada...

  Background & Aim : Nurses with the nature of their own career and profession confronting with many issues and tension in their work environment and different work shifts in day and night time make them susceptible to sleep disorders, particularly where the majority of nurses are females who have the responsibilities of caring of their families and other social and professional roles which lim...

Introduction: Menopause-related sleep problems do not necessarily affect the amount of sleep but also the quality of sleep. The most likely mechanism of action of valerian on sleep is its effect on GABA receptors. The aim of this study was to summarize the results of clinical trials on the effect of valerian on sleep disorders in postmenopausal women by systematic review. Materials and Methods...

  Background : Driving is an occupation that poor quality of sleep and sleepiness may lead to increased errors and accidents in this profession. This study aimed to assess sleep quality of drivers and its association with road accidents in Shahroud .   Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 312 drivers of Shahroud terminals were studied in 1392. Demographic, occupational and Pittsburgh Sleep Q...

Introduction:Sleep disorder among the nursing profession should beconsidered as important for it can endanger the health and safety of the patients as well as the nurses. This study has investigated the connection between the sleep hygiene education and its impact on sleep disorder pattern among the nurses in Shahid Sadughi hospital in Yazd. Methods:This is an analytical study with Field Trail...

One of the most common Compliant of pregnancy is sleep disturbances. Producing factors of sleep disorders are different, in such away that cause many hardships in pre, Para and post partum. So, assessing sleep pattern in 3rd trimester of pregnancy, we conducted a descriptive research on 320 pregnant women. Data related to their sleep pattern were collected through sleep-log scale, and other re...