objective sleep disorders are common in children; they also have a significant impact on the whole family, the parents in particular. few studies in this field have been performed in iran; hence the  present study was carried out in order to determine sleep patterns and the  prevalence of sleep disorders in school aged children in qazvin. material and methods this cross sectional study was done...

background: previous studies on the relationship between sleep patterns and obesity in the elderly are limited and have conflicting results. moreover, few studies have measured sleep patterns objectively. in this study, we investigated objective sleep patterns and their relationship with obesity in the elderly in tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 88 elderly (≥60 years old) w...

how to cite this article: tavasoli a, jalilolghadr sh, lotfi sh. sleep symptoms and polysomnographic patterns of obstructive sleep apnea in obese children. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10 (1):14-20. abstract objective this study was conducted to investigate the sleep symptoms and polysomnographic patterns of obstructive sleep apnea in overweight and obese children. materials & methods over...

purpose to examine the subjective perception of daily acute fasting on sports performance, training, sleep and dietary patterns of muslim athletes during the ramadan month. methods seven hundred and thirty-four (411 male and 323 female) malaysian junior-level muslim athletes (mean age 16.3 ± 2.6 y) participated in the survey which was designed to establish the personal perception of their sport...

Adolescence may be accompanied by abnormalities in menstrual cycles that result in a higher incidence of sleep problems and related psychological disorders. Dietary factors can intensify or improve sleep problems. This study aimed to evaluate the association between sleep problems and habitual dietary patterns among Iranian adolescent girls. Methods: This study was conducted in cities of Mashha...

because of on-call responsibilities, many medical residents are subjected to chronic partial sleep deprivation, a form of sleep restriction whereby individuals have chronic patterns of insufficient sleep. it is unclear whether deterioration in cognitive processing skills due to chronic partial sleep deprivation among medical residents would influence educational exposure or patient safety.twent...

background and objectives: sleep is a sign of the greatness of god. in this article sleep is described from quran and modern health sciences. methods: this is a qualitative systematic review. data were gathered from the quran, related islamic narratives and literatures. words that were searched included sleep,sleep stages, subaat, hojoo, ruqood, nu’ass, sinah. results: the results showed that t...

Background and Objectives: Sleep is a sign of the greatness of God. In this article sleep is described from Quran and modern health sciences. Methods: This is a qualitative systematic review. Data were gathered from the Quran, related Islamic narratives and literatures. Words that were searched included sleep,sleep stages, Subaat, Hojoo, Ruqood, Nu’ass, Sinah. Results: The results s...