context: insomnia is one of the most prevalent sleep disorders characterized by sleep difficulty that impairs daily functioning and reduces quality of life. the burden of medical, psychiatric, interpersonal, and societal consequences of insomnia expresses the importance of diagnosing and treatment of insomnia. the aim of study was to investigate causes of insomnia from the viewpoint of iranian ...

purpose: to investigate associations between computer use data and sleep quality among university students. materials and methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed on 312 students of tehran university of medical sciences, iran. data was collected using epworth sleepiness scale (ess), insomnia severity index (tsi), pittsburgh sleep quality index (psqi), and a background and ...

asthma is a common respiratory disorder which often exacerbated during sleep. this study was done to determine sleep disorders among patients suffered from asthma. in this cross-sectional descriptive study, 95 asthmatic patients were selected using convenient sampling method. a questionnaire consisting of both demographic information and global sleep assessment was employed to gather data. resu...

BACKGROUND Dyssomnia is the most frequent sleep disturbance and associated with increased blood pressure. There has been no study determining the difference in mean blood pressure based on dyssomnia types among adolescents. OBJECTIVE To determine the difference in mean blood pressure among adolescents based on dyssomnia types. METHODS Cross-sectional study was conducted in SMP Negeri 1 Muar...

Background‎: The relationship between substance use and sleep is bidirectional. Substance use directly causes sleep disturbances, and sleep problems are a critical factor in substance-use relapse. Methods: This study evaluated sleep disorders in 65 methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) patients, and 61 opium-dependent patients who did not receive any treatment between September 2011 and July 20...

Recently, the research using artificial intelligence (AI) have been actively conducted in various fields. In sleep medicine, an AI such as machine learning and deep begun to increase explosively keep pace with this trend of times. The field where most is being done automation diagnosis obstructive apnea syndrome scoring polysomnography. Studies on insomnia also shown a remarkable recent years. ...

objective: based on pittsburg sleep quality index, it has been reported that most human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) positive patients suffer from various degrees of sleep problems. sleep disorders can affect quality of life, physical and social functioning and can also cause chronic fatigue. some psychological and physiological factors are related to sleep quality. the purpose of the present s...

AIM Determine the frequency and predictors of sleep disorders in boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). METHOD Cross-sectional study by postal questionnaire. Sleep disturbances were assessed using the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (validated on 1157 healthy children). A total sleep score and six sleep disturbance factors representing the most common sleep disorders were computed....

Problems of sleep initiation and maintenance occur in 15% to 25% of children and adolescents. Studies of the benefits of melatonin for sleep disorders have been published for healthy populations, for children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, for children and youth with autism, and for several other special populations. These studies demonstrate benefit with minimal...