OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to assess the sleep quality and sleep disorders (prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea and sleepiness) among occupational drivers in Iran and to determine which demographic factors and occupational habits are linked to road traffic accidents. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this analytic cross-sectional study 556 occupational road drivers from Shahroud city (in the...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: BHU: Basic Health Unit; BMI: Body Mass Index; EDS: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; ICSD-3: International Classification of Sleep Disorders -3a edition; NRPE: Non-Regular Physical Exercise; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; RPE: Regular physical Exercise; SCF: Statement of Consent Form; SF-36: Medical O...

BACKGROUND Adverse effects of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including sleep deprivation, can contribute to the progression of heart failure. The usual indication to diagnose and treat sleep apnea is subjective sleepiness. Previous studies suggest that patients with both heart failure and obstructive sleep apnea often do not complain of sleepiness, albeit their sleep time may be reduced. Theref...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate sleep quality and daytime sleepiness of residents and medical students. METHODS we applied a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) to a population of residents and medical students. RESULTS hundred five residents and 101 undergraduate medical students participated. Residents presented higher me...

BACKGROUND Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a common condition worldwide that has many negative effects on people who were afflicted with it, especially on their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a commonly used method for evaluating EDS in English-speaking countries. This paper reported the prevalence of subjective EDS in China as assessed by th...

ess, opting for a version of our current anonymous manuscript review system by eliminating face-to-face contact of reviewers would only serve to widen the error bars among reviews. Moreover, eliminating the face-toface discussions of study sections would have no effect on decreasing the submission-to-score time as reviews are due ?5 days before the study section meets. This is clearly not the b...

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract In the original Enhanced Security Services for S/MIM...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Associations between sex hormones and sleep habits originate mainly from small and selected patient-based samples. We examined data from a population-based sample with various sleep characteristics and the major part of sex hormones measured by mass spectrometry. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We used data from 204 men and 213 women of the cross-sectional Study of He...

OBJECTIVE To clarify the relationship between sleep instability and subjective complaints in patients with upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS). METHODS Thirty subjects (15 women) with UARS and 30 age- and sex-matched controls in a prospective, single-blind, case-control study. Blinded cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) electroencephalogram analysis and scales of fatigue and sleepiness were ...