BACKGROUND Though poorly defined, hypersomnia is associated with negative health outcomes and new-onset and recurrence of psychiatric illness. Lack of definition impedes generalizability across studies. The present research clarifies hypersomnia diagnoses in bipolar disorder by exploring possible subgroups and their relationship to prospective sleep data and relapse into mood episodes. METHOD...

Disturbed sleep is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Conventional hypnotics worsen nocturnal hypoxemia and, in severe cases, can lead to respiratory failure. Exogenous melatonin has somnogenic properties in normal subjects and can improve sleep in several clinical conditions. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was carried out to determine the effects o...

Background: It is unclear whether hemiarthroplasty (HA) or reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RS) are superior for patientswith cuff tear arthropathy (CTA) and preserved preoperative motion (elevation >90˚).Methods: This was a retrospective, single institution study. Patients who underwent RSA or HA for CTA were included ifthey had preserved preoperative motion with a minimum of 2...

Background: This is the third article from a project on wellbeing of staff, students, and parents at Welsh-medium Secondary School. It focuses working mothers before COVID-19 lockdown, immediately after perceptions longer-term impact pandemic. The research used process model, which examines predictors positive negative outcomes.
 Aims: study had three aims. First, to examine whether model ...

At present, pancreaticoduodenoctomy causes the high incidence of complications. However, it is associated with an acceptable level postoperative mortality. With this regard and taking into consideration a significant increase in survival pancreatic cancer, highly relevant to study negative functional outcomes surgery develop methods for their surgical prevention. The bibliographic review focuse...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the addition of short arousals of > 3 s on indexes of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and subjective sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and to evaluate the quality of life and reported difficulty driving with arousal index and indexes of SDB. METHOD Data was collected from a general clinical evaluation, and evaluations using the Epworth sleepines...

introduction: epilepsy is a complex pervasive neurobehavioral and social condition accompanied by a wide range of comorbid conditions that can adversely affect the quality of life of patients. sleep complaints are common among patients with epilepsy. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of subjective sleep disturbances and its effects on sleep quality in epileptic patients.  metho...

AIMS Chronic heart failure (CHF) and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are often co-existing problems among the elderly. Apnoeic events may cause cognitive impairment. The aim of the study was to compare sleep and wake patterns, insomnia, daytime sleepiness, and cognitive function in community-dwelling CHF patients, with and without SDB, and to investigate the association between sleep-related f...