Methods Out of 35 patients with JIA, enrolled after parental consent, 31 (23 males and 8 females) completed the study. Mean age of the patients was 9.8 years (Range 6.114.5 years). The patients were enrolled when they demonstrated active disease at presentation or during relapse, as ‘active disease group’ and followed up regularly at 6-8 weekly intervals, till they improved with treatment. Dise...

background and objective : sleep disorders are common medical problems in most of the communities. however, medical students and general practitioners (gps) do not have enough information about sleep disorders. the aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of gps in the field of sleep disorders in iran. materials and methods : in this cross-sectional questio...

sleep disorders are common complains of patients under substance abuse treatment. diagnosis and treatment of such disorders require use of cutting-edge knowledge and proper training of the patients and their family. this article shortly discusses the 20 main points in diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders among substance users considering below aspects: a) diagnosis of sleep disorders amon...

introduction: information on the sleepiness and sleep quality is limited for asians. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of sleepiness and sleep quality among the adult population in iran. materials and methods: this is a descriptive and explorative design study in which 1100 participants randomly selected from the kerman city population in south –east of iran. using two questi...

results the mean age of the children was 64.27 ± 9.3 months. the prevalence of sleep disorders was 36.25%. sleep disorders were significantly associated with age, height, body mass index, residence of children, father’s occupation, mother’s diseases, father’s drug abuse, and parents’ marital status (p < 0.05). conclusions sleep disorders in children threaten growth and development, and are dang...

BACKGROUND Doxepin is a tricyclic compound that has been used extensively for the treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders for approximately thirty years. It was noted early to have sedative effects and assist with the improvement of disrupted sleep patterns, but in higher antidepressant doses it was also noted to have significant anticholinergic and antinoradrenergic properties. These pro...

background: although sleep disorders are common problems among families and they affect the learning, memory processes and academic performance of children, there is no evaluation of these disorders in iran. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of sleep disorders and its association with academic performance of school age children.materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was...

objective sleep disorders are common in children; they also have a significant impact on the whole family, the parents in particular. few studies in this field have been performed in iran; hence the  present study was carried out in order to determine sleep patterns and the  prevalence of sleep disorders in school aged children in qazvin. material and methods this cross sectional study was done...

background: sleep disorders among heart failure (hf) patients negatively influence the quality of life. awareness of sleep disturbances, as one of the disturbing factors of the quality of life among hf patients, and its related factors would help health care staff to provide more comprehensive care. hence, this study was conducted to determine the quality of sleep and its related factors in hos...

conclusions the results showed that despite the simultaneous high prevalence of sleep disturbances and sensory processing disorders in children with autism, there isn’t a significant relationship between the two conditions among these children. background autism is a neurological disorder that limits communication, socialization, and participation of children in symbolic play. sensory processin...