Background: Melatonin is one of the drugs which are used in the treatment of sleep problems, including insomnia and sleep deprivation. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the melatonin effect on sleep quality in patients with cancer. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on cancer patients with trouble sleeping who were treated with melatonin (3 mg per day) for a month....

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: circadian rhythm sleep disorders are a presentation of sleep disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis (ms). this study aims to compare this problem in ms patients with healthy people and to determine its association with chronic fatigue in ms patients. materials and methods: a case-control study was performed on 120 ms patients and ...

excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations (1). A nocturnal polysomnogram, followed by the multiple sleep latency test is suggested for the diagnosis. These tests, performed at a sleep disorders clinic, confirm the daytime sleepiness by showing a short sleep latency of usually less than 5 minutes, as well as an abnormally short latency prior to the f...

Study background: Obstructive sleep apnoea may be one of the few reversible causes of cognitive impairment. Hence its reliable identification in patients referred to dedicated cognitive disorders clinics is important. Method: STOP-Bang, a validated questionnaire for obstructive sleep apnoea, was administered to consecutive new patients attending a dedicated cognitive disorders clinic based in a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The objective of this report was to show the importance of pre-anesthetic assessment in reducing morbidity and mortality of surgical patients and alert to problems and anesthetic care associated with obstructive sleep apnea. CASE REPORT This is a 28-year old male patient with class II obesity, sleep apnea, hypertension, referred to the pre-anesthetic outpatient clini...

aims and background: sleep disorders are one of most common of comorbid problem in irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) patients the purpose of this research, was the determine the efficacy of dialectical behavioral  group therapy on sleep problems and stress of ibs patients. materials and methods: therefore, 52 ibs patients who received this diagnosis, according the rome ii criteria, were selected a...

Studies have consistently shown that sleep apnea patients have high accident rates, but the generalizability of the association beyond clinic populations has been questioned. The goal of this investigation was to determine if unrecognized sleep-disordered breathing in the general population, ranging from mild to severe, is associated with motor vehicle accidents. The sample comprised 913 employ...

AIM Although there have been frequent clinical reports about sleep disturbances in children with learning disabilities, no data are available about the prevalence of sleep disturbances in children with developmental dyslexia (DD). This study evaluated sleep disturbances in children with DD referred to a hospital clinic and compared their scores with healthy controls. METHODS We consecutively ...

a bstra ct background: annually, about 6000 new cases are diagnosed with breast cancer in iran. in iran, more women are affected with breast cancer than a decade earlier in comparison with other countries, and 70% of them are diagnosed at an advanced phase. insomnia is the most common disorder following breast cancer, and interference in sleep quality and rest causes changes in physiological fu...