Abstract Introduction In Australia, suicide rates are higher in farmers compared to the general population. The relationship between poor sleep and mental health is well known, yet there limited evidence examining Australian farmers’ role plays health. Therefore, this study investigated of using an online questionnaire. Methods Farmers aged 18 older (n=101; 52 males) completed a questionnaire (...

From Kant comes the statement: " The crazy person is a dreamer in the waking state. " Schopenhauer formulated the same thought thus: The dream is a short insanity, insanity is a long dream. The mad and the dreamer are indeed neighbors in the land of otherworldliness. Both have the courage to risk the trip beyond the boundaries of natural reality. The dreamer returns from this daring trip someti...

BackgroundAn elevated arterial pressure is probably the most important public health problem in developed countries. Although the measurement of blood pressure in the clinic has been the cornerstone of the diagnosis and management of hypertension, it has some limitations. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a method of blood pressure assessment which compensates for some of the limit...

AIMS To determine whether the risk factors for SIDS occurring at night were different from those occurring during the day. METHODS Large, nationwide case-control study, with data for 369 cases and 1558 controls in New Zealand. RESULTS Two thirds of SIDS deaths occurred at night (between 10 pm and 7 30 am). The odds ratio (95% CI) for prone sleep position was 3.86 (2.67 to 5.59) for deaths o...

INTRODUCTION The reversal of the natural cycle of wakefulness and sleep may cause damage to the health of workers. However, there are few studies evaluating sleep, fatigue and quality of life of night shift workers considering the influence of small children on these variables. AIMS Evaluate the sleep time, fatigue and quality of life of night shift workers and verify the relationship between...

A questionary survey of symptoms and sleep habits at home among 100 adult male medical and surgical patients showed that the duration of sleep at night was similar to that reported for the general population, decreasing with age from 20 to 50 years and increasing again after 60 years. The duration of daytime sleep increased with age. The degree of sleep disturbance in different patients was com...

Abstract Introduction Sleep-related painful erection (SRPE) is a rare parasomnia characterized by penile erections during rapid eye movement sleep. Normal, painless continue to occur while awake. Approximately thirty cases have been reported in the literature. Multiple theories about potential pathophysiology proposed including neurologic dysfunction of ischiocavernosus and bulbocavernosus, cor...