Introduction: Epilepsy is a complex pervasive neurobehavioral and social condition accompanied by a wide range of comorbid conditions that can adversely affect the quality of life of patients. Sleep complaints are common among patients with epilepsy. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of subjective sleep disturbances and its effects on sleep quality in epileptic patients.  Me...

OBJECTIVE Sleep deprivation in adolescents has lately become a health issue that tends to increase with higher stress prevalence, extenuating routines, and new technological devices that impair adolescents' bedtime. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the excessive sleepiness frequency and the factors that might be associated to it in this population. METHODS The cross-sectional study analy...

Aim: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and to evaluate factors associated with excessive daytime sleepiness as a symptom of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in type 2 diabetic patients. Material and Methods: The Berlin Sleep Apnea (BSA) questionnaire was administered to 242 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes and a body mass index (BMI) ≥30kg/m 2 . High or low risk was...

OBJECTIVE To show that the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) was the probable cause of D. Pedro II's excessive daytime sleepiness. METHOD Research of historical documents and bibliographical. RESULTS The excessive daytime sleepiness of D. Pedro II (1825-1891) was well known and bitterly criticized behavior by oppositionist magazines; it was also recognized by his peers. He would fall ...

Chest C Guilleminault, R Stoohs, A Clerk, M Cetel and P Maistros upper airway resistance syndrome. A cause of excessive daytime sleepiness. The http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/104/3/781 can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services ) ISSN:0012-3692 http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml...

OBJECTIVE To examine excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in type 2 diabetes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Patients (N = 110) were evaluated regarding Epworth Sleepiness Scale (EDS), sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory), Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (Berlin questionnaire), and comorbidity severity (Charlso...

The obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) is much the commonest ‘medical’ cause of sleepiness (Table 1), occurring in 1–4% of the middle-aged. OSAHS is the combination of sleepiness or two other major symptoms, such as unrefreshing sleep, difficulty concentrating and nocturnal choking, with five or more apnoeas plus hypopnoeas per hour slept (‘apnoea’ is defined as a 10-sec pause ...

BACKGROUND Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) has been reported among depressed patients in many populations. Many depressed patients seek medical attention partly to deal with EDS, but this sleep disorder is often overlooked in clinical practice. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of EDS among depressed patients and determine its relationship with the se...

OBJECTIVE To systematically review the use of the Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS) in the analysis of daytime sleepiness in children and adolescents. DATA SOURCE The electronic databases PubMed and SciELO were consulted between 2003 and 2015. As inclusion criterion, studies were considered in English, Spanish and Portuguese, original articles of any type of design, articles with a sa...