fatigue is one of the most frequent symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis (ms) and it is difficult to clarify the nature of this symptom and manage it. this study was aimed to evaluate the frequency of fatigue, depression and sleep disturbances in iranian patients with ms. 100 patients from the outpatient ms clinic of sina hospital were asked to complete beck depression inventory (bdi), ...

1Stanford University Center of Excellence for Sleep Disorders, Stanford, CA; 2VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Sepulveda, CA; 3Mayo Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 4UCLA/Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA; 5Greenwood Dental Associates, Englewood, CO; 6Middle Tennessee ENT, Murfreesboro, TN; 7Stanford Univ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to test the hypothesis that serum vitamin D levels are abnormally low in sleep clinic patients admitting to chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain and to assess the associated risk factors. A secondary purpose was to identify a clinical biomarker for vitamin D deficiency. METHODS We enrolled 153 consecutive patients who admitted to th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of sleep and effecting factors in hospitalized patients in a neurosurgery clinic. METHODS This research was conducted as a descriptive study in a neurosurgery clinic of a University Hospital, in Turkey, between November 2005 and June 2006. The study sample consisted of 102 patients who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate in the study. Data we...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To characterize the relationship between pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) subtypes, chronic snoring, and indexes of sleep quality and daytime sleepiness. DESIGN A cross-sectional design with planned comparisons of ADHD (all subtypes) versus general community controls; ADHD Predominantly Inattentive Type (ADHD-I) versus a group with both ADHD Predomina...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical and polysomnographic features of narcolepsy in Saudis. METHODS All patients diagnosed to have narcolepsy in the Sleep Disorders Center at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between March 1998 and December 2005 based on the International Classifications of Sleep Disorders Diagnostic and Coding Manual criteria were included. A data...

background: exact determination between children's sleep habits and their growth could help us to prevent this risk factor of children's growth disorders. thus this research was performed to investigate the correlation between sleep habits and growth of preschool children in ahvaz- iran. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, the data was obtained by using available sam...

Community baby showers have provided education and free portable cribs to promote safe sleep for high-risk infants. We evaluated knowledge gained at these showers and the effectiveness of holding baby showers at a primary care clinic as an alternative to traditional community venues. Participants at the community venue were more likely to exhibit risk factors associated with unsafe sleep and to...