From the midnight sun to the longest night: sleep in Antarctica
Sleep disturbances are the main health complaints from personnel deployed in Antarctica. The current paper presents a systematic review of research findings on sleep disturbances in Antarctica. The available sources were divided in three categories: results based on questionnaire surveys or sleep logs, studies using actigraphy, and data from polysomnography results. Other areas relevant to the issue were also examined. These included chronobiology, since the changes in photoperiod have been known to affect circadian rhythms; mood disturbances; exercise, sleep and hypoxia; countermeasure investigations in Antarctica; and ot...
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - March 12, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Nathalie Pattyn, Martine Van Puyvelde, Helio Fernandez-Tellez, Bart Roelands, Olivier Mairesse Tags: Clinical Review Source Type: research
Patient-centered care in obstructive sleep apnea: A vision for the future
Obstructive sleep apnea is a common condition, with multiple potential neurocognitive, cardiovascular, and metabolic consequences. Efficacious treatment is available, but patient engagement is typically required for treatment to be effective. Patients with sleep apnea are phenotypically diverse and have individual needs, preferences, and values that impact treatment decisions. There has been a shift in obstructive sleep apnea management from diagnosis to chronic care management. Making treatment decisions that incorporate an individual patient's values and preferences and are personalized for that patient's biology has the...
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - February 24, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Janet Hilbert, Henry K. Yaggi Tags: Clinical Review Source Type: research
Patient-Centered Care in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Vision for the Future
Obstructive sleep apnea is a common condition, with multiple potential neurocognitive, cardiovascular, and metabolic consequences. Efficacious treatment is available, but patient engagement is typically required for treatment to be effective. Patients with sleep apnea are phenotypically diverse and have individual needs, preferences, and values that impact treatment decisions. There has been a shift in obstructive sleep apnea management from diagnosis to chronic care management. Making treatment decisions that incorporate an individual patient ’s values and preferences and are personalized for that patient’s biology ha...
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - February 23, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Janet Hilbert, H. Klar Yaggi Tags: Clinical Review Source Type: research
Is a “gut full” of bad bugs driving metabolic disease in shift workers?
Shift workers make up a significant proportion of the total workforce in industrialised countries, with about one in five employees working during night time hours.1 There is strong epidemiological evidence that these workers are at increased risk for developing obesity, type II diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke and cancer.2 Furthermore, obesity can contribute to worsening of other conditions that are commonly suffered by shift workers such as sleep apnoea. The mechanisms that promote obesity and metabolic disease amongst shift workers are thought to arise from an imposed chronic disruption and misalignment between ...
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - February 19, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Craig L. Phillips, Maria Comas Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Determinants of Policy Decisions for Non-Commercial Drivers with OSA: An Integrative Review
Excessive daytime sleepiness and reduced cognitive funcitioning secondary to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have been identified as an important health-related risk in commercial transportation with, possibly, an increased chance of road accidents. This has resulted in a variety of policies and restrictions imposed on commercial drivers. Here we review current knowledge to assess whether available data are sufficient to guide policy decisions concerning restrictions for non-commercial drivers. The review shows that there is a lack of uniformity among different consensus conferences and guidelines as to how to deal with driv...
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - February 17, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Dorrie Rizzo, Eva Libman, Laura Creti, Marc Baltzan, Sally Bailes, Catherine Fichten, Gilles Lavigne Tags: Clinical Review Source Type: research
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Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - February 14, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Cognitive and behavioral therapies in the treatment of insomnia: a meta-analysis
Insomnia is a major public health problem considering its high prevalence, impact on daily life, co-morbidity with other disorders and societal costs. Cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBTI) is currently considered to be the preferred treatment. However, no meta-analysis exists of all studies using at least one component of CBTI for insomnia, which also uses modern techniques to pool data and to analyze subgroups of patients. We included 87 randomized controlled trials, comparing 118 treatments (3724 patients) to non-treated controls (2579 patients). (Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews)
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - February 7, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Annemieke van Straten, Tanja van der Zweerde, Annet Kleiboer, Pim Cuijpers, Charles M. Morin, Jaap Lancee Tags: Clinical Review Source Type: research
The effectiveness of behavioural and cognitive behavioural therapies for insomnia on depressive and fatigue symptoms: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
This review aimed to assess the impact of behavioural therapy for insomnia administered alone (BT-I) or in combination with cognitive techniques (cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia, CBT-I) on depressive and fatigue symptoms using network meta-analysis. PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science were searched from 1986 to May 2015. Studies were included if they incorporated sleep restriction, a core technique of BT-I treatment, and an adult insomnia sample, a control group and a standardised measure of depressive and/or fatigue symptoms. (Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews)
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - February 6, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Andrea Ballesio, Maria Raisa Jessica V. Aquino, Bernd Feige, Anna F. Johann, Simon D. Kyle, Kai Spiegelhalder, Caterina Lombardo, Gerta R ücker, Dieter Riemann, Chiara Baglioni Tags: Clinical Review Source Type: research
Trauma associated sleep disorder: a parasomnia induced by trauma
Nightmares and disruptive nocturnal behaviors that develop after traumatic experiences have long been recognized as having different clinical characteristics that overlap with other established parasomnia diagnoses. The inciting experience is typically in the setting of extreme traumatic stress coupled with periods of sleep disruption and/or deprivation. The limited number of laboratory documented cases and symptomatic overlap with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have contributed to difficulties in identifying what is a unique parasomnia. (Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews)
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - January 29, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Vincent Mysliwiec, Matthew S. Brock, Jennifer L. Creamer, Brian O ’Reilly, Anne Germaine, Bernard Roth Source Type: research
Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis of Sleep Electroencephalography using Fractal and Entropy Approaches
The analysis of electroencephalography (EEG) recordings has attracted increasing interest in recent decades and provides the pivotal scientific tool for researchers to quantitatively study brain activity during sleep, and has extended our knowledge of the fundamental mechanisms of sleep physiology. Conventional EEG analyses are mostly based on Fourier transform technique which assumes linearity and stationarity of the signal being analyzed. However, due to the complex and dynamical characteristics of EEG, nonlinear approaches are more appropriate for assessing the intrinsic dynamics of EEG and exploring the physiological m...
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - January 27, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Yan Ma, Wenbing Shi, Chung-Kang Peng, Albert C. Yang Tags: Technical Review Source Type: research
Medication induced sleepwalking: A systematic review
Medications that trigger sleepwalking may inadvertently put the patient at risk of injury to themselves and/or others, and contribute to poor treatment adherence. The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature to identify drugs that may increase the risk of sleepwalking. A search of CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO, PubMed, and ScienceDirect was conducted with the keywords ‘sleepwalking’ OR ‘somnambulism’. Of the original 83 sourced papers, 62 met the inclusion criteria and were subsequently included for review. (Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews)
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - January 27, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Helen M. Stallman, Mark Kohler, Jason White Tags: Clinical Review Source Type: research
Sleep in Angelman syndrome: a review of evidence
We report an integrative research review and a meta-analysis of studies with sleep as the primary aim of investigation in an AS sample.14 studies met eligibility criteria with half of them being surveys. Thirteen of the 17 conceptually formed sleep disorder item-groups showed to be significant for individuals with AS. (Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews)
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - January 24, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Karen Spruyt, Wiebe Braam, Leopold MG. Curfs Tags: Clinical Review Source Type: research
Is exercise a viable therapeutic intervention to mitigate mitochondrial dysfunction and insulin resistance induced by sleep loss?
Sleep loss has emerged as a risk factor comparable to that of physical inactivity for the development of insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. This is a concern as it was estimated in 2012 that approximately 70 million adults in the United States are sleeping less than 6 hours each night, and the average nightly sleep duration of a representative sample of the U.S adult population is reported to be significantly less than in previous decades. The underlying mechanisms responsible for chronic sleep loss induced insulin resistance include modifications in the regulation of hormone secre...
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - January 18, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: N.J. Saner, D.J. Bishop, J.D. Bartlett Tags: Theoretical Review Source Type: research
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Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - January 17, 2017 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Continued Growth, A New Metric, Same High Quality!
Welcome to the 2017 Sleep Medicine Reviews (SMR). The continuing success of SMR is the result of many stakeholders. We thank our readers for their continued support of the Journal, as without this ongoing interest our efforts would be in vain. We also want to take this opportunity to thank our authors for their continued quality contributions, our Editorial Board and ad hoc peer reviewers for their unceasing efforts to ensure SMR provides its readers with the highest quality review articles, and the editorial and production staff at Elsevier for their outstanding support of the Journal. (Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews)
Source: Sleep Medicine Reviews - December 22, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Michael V. Vitiello, Jean Krieger Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
