Objective: To compare the occurrence of a spectrum of different self-reported sleep problems in adults with ADHD and a control group, and to study the impact of current ADHD medication use and clinical ADHD subtype. Method: Cross-sectional study of 268 clinically ascertained adult ADHD patients (DSM-IV criteria) and 202 randomly selected controls. Sleep problems were self-reported using validat...

Wrist-worn accelerometers are increasingly being used for the assessment of physical activity in population studies, but little is known about their value for sleep assessment. We developed a novel method of assessing sleep duration using data from 4,094 Whitehall II Study (United Kingdom, 2012-2013) participants aged 60-83 who wore the accelerometer for 9 consecutive days, filled in a sleep lo...

(Section numbers run consecutively through Parts I and II) 9.0 Introduction 10.0 CRSDs and Molecular Genetics 11.0 Advanced Sleep Phase Disorder (ASPD) 11.1 Diagnostic Issues 11.2 Risk Factors 11.2.1 Age 11.2.2 Gender 11.2.3 Light Exposure 11.3 Assessment Tools 11.3.1 Sleep Logs and Actigraphy 11.3.2 Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) 11.3.3 Polysomnography (PSG) 11.3.4 Phase Markers 1...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship of sleep disturbance and symptom severity, symptom interference, and hospitalization among inpatients with cancer. DESIGN A descriptive, correlational, comparative design. SETTING The oncology inpatient unit of a teaching hospital. SAMPLE A convenience sample of 82 hospitalized patients. METHODS Patients completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quali...

introduction: the berlin questionnaire (bq) is a common tool to screen for obstructive sleep apnea (osa) in the general population, but its application in the clinical sleep setting is still challenging. the aim of this study was to determine the specificity and sensitivity of the bq compared to the apnea-hypopnea index obtained from polysomnography recordings obtained from a sleep clinic in ir...

background: sleep quality is an important and determining factor in the quality of life in dialysis patients. although many chronic dialysis patients complain of poor sleep, we know little about its related factors. therefore, this study was designed to study sleep quality and its predictors among dialysis patients. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study carried out during augu...

Sleep problems are common in childhood, but there are limited studies regarding that in Iranian children and awareness of the sleep problems and their complication in Iranian parents. We arranged this study in which parents of children attending for a sick visit or routine growth control to assess whether sleep problems are under-reported at general pediatric visits. In a cross-sectional study ...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the effect of cranial osteopathy on the general health and wellbeing, including physical functioning, of children with cerebral palsy. DESIGN Pragmatic randomised controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS 142 children from Greater London and the South West of England, aged 5-12 years with cerebral palsy. INTERVENTION Participants were randomised to six sessions of cranial oste...

BACKGROUND The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index is a standardized self-administered questionnaire for the assessment of subjective sleep quality. It has been translated into several languages and is widely used in clinical research studies. OBJECTIVES To assess the reliability and validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Hebrew translation in a sleep clinic sample and in comparison with t...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to assess lipid peroxidation - antioxidant protection with the definition of the oxidative stress coefficient in perimenopausal women with sleep disorders. METHODS 45 perimenopausal women (mean age 49.1±0.32) were examined: 26 patients with sleep disorders, 19 - without sleep disorders. Evaluation of sleep disorders was conducted using a questionnaire of Stanford Centre ...