introduction: adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ah) is considered the most common cause of upper respiratory tract obstruction among children. it results in a spectrum of symptoms from mouth breathing, nasal obstruction, hyponasal speech, snoring, and obstructive sleep apnea (osa) to growth failure and cardiovascular morbidity. adenotonsillectomy is a typical strategy for patients with ah, but may le...

OBJECTIVES Fatigue is a prominent symptom in many rheumatic diseases and has a substantial impact on many outcomes. In previous research, fatigue has been linked with poor sleep and discomfort, including joint pain and sicca symptoms. The aim of the present study was to investigate prospectively the daily variations in fatigue and the roles of discomfort and adequacy of sleep the previous night...

State anxiety, somatization of stress, quality of life, self-rated quality of sleep, and discomfort due to over-breathing which occurs when stressed were studied. Out of a total of 140 participants, seventy participants self-selected to be in a yoga group for stress relief (group mean age +/- SD, 33.0 +/- 6.5 years; 37 males). Seventy age and gender matched participants were in a control group....

This is a discussion of the results of a systematic review of 22 articles examining the effect of massage on relaxation, comfort, and sleep. The most consistent effect of massage was reduction in anxiety. Eight of 10 original research studies reported that massage significantly decreased anxiety or perception of tension. Seven of 10 studies found that massage produced physiologic relaxation, as...

Office employees spend a lot of time inside buildings, where the physical conditions influence their wellbeing and indirectly influence their employers’ business performance. With data from a field study conducted in the Netherlands in April to May 2003, we used path analysis to further elucidate the relationship between personal (gender and seasonality of mood shifts), building (view type, vie...

Genuine answers to these questions require some understanding of the function of sleep. How can one say which sleep is most efficient or how much sleep we need unless we know what sleep is supposed to accomplish? Sleep researchers and clinicians can retain some posture of expertise with answers like, "Get enough sleep to keep from feeling sleepy during the day." But this temporizing answer addr...

In children diagnosed with pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD), disturbances in the quality of sleep and wakefulness are prominent. A novel phenotype of PBD called Fear of Harm (FOH) associated with separation anxiety and aggressive obsessions is associated with sleep onset insomnia, parasomnias (nightmares, night-terrors, enuresis), REM sleep-related problems, and morning sleep inertia. Children ...

BACKGROUND Obese people frequently suffer from shortness of breath and chest discomfort on exertion, and they often have a sedentary lifestyle. In the present study of patients with severe obesity, we investigated the effects of surgically induced weight loss on cardiorespiratory symptoms and leisure-time physical activity. METHODS The Swedish Obese Subjects study is an ongoing intervention t...

BACKGROUND Sleep disturbances and changes in self-reported discomfort and melatonin secretion are common in the post-operative period. We aimed to study the distribution of sleep stages in the perioperative period and evaluate changes in secretion of the melatonin metabolite aMT6s and subjective parameters of sleepiness, pain, general well-being and fatigue in patients undergoing surgery for br...