quality of sleep and its correlating factors in residents of kahrizak nursing home     aliasgharpoor m [1] , eybpoosh s [2] *     received: 15may, 2011 accepted: 27july, 2011     abstract   background & aims : information on sleep quality of elderly people and its correlating factors helps to develop proper strategies to minimize or maximize their effect. this study was conducted as little is k...

BACKGROUND Sleep problems are common in lung cancer survivors, yet little is known about the prevalence, determinants, and effects on quality of life (QoL) of these sleep problems in long-term lung cancer survivors. METHODS A case-control study design comparing 76 elderly lung cancer survivors (LCS, >5 years post diagnosis with mean survival time of 8 years+/-2.1 years) and 78 elderly non-can...

Sleeping disorders in type 2 diabetic patients constitute risk factors for aggravating diabetes since they can affect the metabolic control through insulin resistance syndrome. This was an observational, cross-sectional study. The majority (52%) of subjects had scores indicating poor sleep quality. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores showed patients with a time after diagnosis over...

background and objective : irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder. sleep disturb-ances are known to be common among individuals with this syndrome. this study aimed to determine the relationship between sleep quality and severity of intestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome. materials and methods : this cross-sectional study was carried out among 201 subj...

Objective: A limited number of studies with inconsistent results have assessed the factors associated with sleep quality in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This study aimed to evaluate sleep quality and to investigate the associations between sleep quality and demographic and health-related characteristics, anemia, fatigue and physical activity in Turkish patients with MS. Methods: A cro...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of sleep and effecting factors in hospitalized patients in a neurosurgery clinic. METHODS This research was conducted as a descriptive study in a neurosurgery clinic of a University Hospital, in Turkey, between November 2005 and June 2006. The study sample consisted of 102 patients who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate in the study. Data we...

Informal caregivers are subject to a heavy work burden, which can have negative repercussions on their ability. This cross-sectional study with 70 informal aims evaluate the ability of caring at home for patients followed by Public Home Care Service in Bauru, Brazil, as well investigate its associated factors. The association between and variables under was estimated using simple multiple logis...