A MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONCEPT OF SLEEPINESS HAS BEEN THE TOPIC OF SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF BETTER ASSESSMENT OF THE CONDITION OF EXCESSIVE daytime sleepiness.1-8 A concept of sleepiness as a function of homeostatic and circadian processes was proposed more than 20 years ago by Borbély;9 models proposed since then have stressed the competing drives of wake and sleep8,10 and have includ...

Abstract Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and sleep apnea (OSA) are highly prevalent, termed Overlap Syndrome (OVS) when coexistent. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) impaired in both COPD OSA alone, but their combined impact is unclear. We examined differences the of on PROs adults with without OSA. Methods Analyses included aged≥8 years polysomnographic (PSG) data from...

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...

evaluation of functional disability using proper instruments, like health assessment questionnaire (haq) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra), is necessary not only for quality of life assessment, but also as a useful marker for disease activity. haq has been translated into many languages. to validate the persian version of stanford haq. persian version of the haq (pe-haq) with culturall...

The Sleep Hygiene Index (SHI) has shown adequate psychometric properties in samples from several countries but not been validated Spanish. aims of the study were to translate original (i.e., English) version SHI into Spanish and evaluate this instrument factor structure, internal consistency reliability, concurrent, predictive, discriminant validity) adults. overall sample, comprising 548 unive...