OBJECTIVE Research on publication trends in journal articles on sleep disorders (SDs) and the associated methodologies by using text mining has been limited. The present study involved text mining for terms to determine the publication trends in sleep-related journal articles published during 2000-2013 and to identify associations between SD and methodology terms as well as conducting statistic...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the clinical presentation and polysomnography of prepubertal children with repetitive sleep terrors and sleepwalking, to compare them with a control group, and to evaluate the treatment of associated sleep disorders. METHODS Patients with complaint of sleep terrors with or without sleepwalking were studied retrospectively. A control group was also recruited. Each subjec...

Sleep disorders can be broadly classified into: (a) insomnia, (b) parasomnia, (c) sleep disorders associated with psychiatric, neurologic and other medical disorders, and (d) proposed sleep disorders (e.g. pregnancy and menstrual related sleep disorders).1 Insomnia is a common encounter in primary care consultations2 and constitutes the commonest sleep problem3,4 that presents to the general pr...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To formulate the first classification of sleep related disorders and abnormal sexual behaviors and experiences. DESIGN A computerized literature search was conducted, and other sources, such as textbooks, were searched. RESULTS Many categories of sleep related disorders were represented in the classification: parasomnias (confusional arousals/sleepwalking, with or without o...

Parasomnias are sleep-related abnormal behaviors. They are frequent and overlooked causes of nocturnal disruptive behavior in the elderly, especially when patients are cognitively impaired. Confusion and violence can result in sleep disruption, injuries for the patients or their bed partners, caregivers distress, and they can be a motive for institutionalization. Parasomnias include the NonREM ...