BACKGROUND The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) should be widely used in research and clinical practice, but there are few studies that do so with the evaluation instruments used in physical therapy. OBJECTIVE To compare instruments that evaluate sleep, cognition and function in stroke patients according to the ICF. METHODS Twelve patients (6 women) w...

INTRODUCTION Sleep disorders and psychological disturbances are common in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. However, despite their frequency and importance, such conditions often go unnoticed, since all patients do not clearly manifest fully expressed symptoms. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression and poor sleep quality and to examine the association bet...

OBJECTIVES Sleep problems represent a worldwide health concern but their prevalence and impacts are unknown in most non-European/North American countries. This study aimed to evaluate sleep-wake patterns, sleep quality and potential correlates of poor sleep in a sample of the urban Georgian population. METHODS Analyses are based on 395 volunteers (267 females, 128 males, aged 20-60 years) of ...

AIMS Eye trauma in the older population can lead to blindness. Sleep deterioration is associated with increased risk of occupational injuries. The purpose of the study was to assess the epidemiology of ocular trauma in the elderly population and to evaluate the relationship between eye trauma and sleep quality. SETTINGS AND DESIGN This was a cross-sectional, observational hospital based study...

Because poor sleep quality can reduce quality of life and increase prevalence of illness in workers, interventions are becoming increasingly important for businesses. To evaluate how sleep quality is affected by one-on-one behavioral modification when combined with group education, we conducted a randomized, controlled trial among day-shift white-collar employees working for an information-tech...

BACKGROUND Clinical and pre-clinical data agree that opioids disrupt sleep architecture. Recently, remifentanil has been suggested to cause possible long-term disturbances of sleep quality. This randomized controlled clinical trial was designed to substantiate or refute a possible long-term effect of remifentanil on the quality of sleep. METHODS One hundred patients undergoing elective surger...

OBJECTIVE Poor sleep quality has a number of significant negative effects on daytime function. However, few studies have examined sleep quality in patients with dizziness. Here, we investigated the potential association between sleep quality and various types of dizziness. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We examined dizziness and sleep disturbance in 237 patients experiencing dizziness using Korean vers...

OBJECTIVE Circadian rhythms have been linked to psychiatric disorders such as Depression and Bipolar Disorder (BD). Given previous evidences of sleep/circadian disturbances as well as the genetic susceptibility for BD, we decided to investigate the possible link between the PERIOD3 (Per3) circadian gene and BD. METHODS This is a genetic association case (BD) vs. control study of the Per3 gene...

BACKGROUND Glycaemic control is fundamental to the management of and risk reduction in microvascular complications of diabetes. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the association of sleep quality with glycaemic control and its impact on type 2 diabetic patients in an Asian population. METHODS A total of 46 subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled. HbA1C was meas...

We investigated the influence of nocturia and sleep disturbance on health-related quality of life(HRQOL) using the Medical Outcomes Study 8-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-8) in patients with nocturia. We also assessed the effect of therapeutic intervention by means of an anticholinergic agent on the results of the SF-8. One hundred and eighty-four patients who voided at least once per night ...