Associations of common chronic non-communicable diseases and medical conditions with sleep-related problems in a population-based health examination study
Publication date: Available online 25 November 2016 Source:Sleep Science Author(s): Syaron Basnet, Ilona Merikanto, Tuuli Lahti, Satu Männistö, Tiina Laatikainen, Erkki Vartiainen, Timo Partonen A cross-sectional population-based survey, the National FINRISK 2012 Study, designed to monitor chronic diseases and their risk factors in Finland. A random sample of 10,000 adults aged 25–74 years, and of them, 64% (n=6424) participated the study. Participants subjectively reported the total durations for sleep and naps (n=6238), sleep quality (n=5878), bedtimes and wake-up times separately for working days and weeken...
Source: Sleep Science - November 24, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Sexsomnia and REM- predominant obstructive sleep apnea effectively treated with a mandibular advancement device
We present the case of a patient with mild OSAH and sexsomnia who had resolution of both conditions with a MAD. This patient had the added uniqueness of having REM-predominant OSAH (Source: Sleep Science)
Source: Sleep Science - November 22, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Instruments to study sleep disorders in climacteric women
Publication date: Available online 18 November 2016 Source:Sleep Science Author(s): Álvaro Monterrosa-Castro, Katherin Portela-Buelvas, Marlon Salguedo-Madrid, Joulen Mo-Carrascal, Carolina Duran-Méndez Leidy To identify the scales to assess sleep disorders applied to women with climacteric stage. Bibliographical research without intervention, the available information in scientific databases. Performed in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Ebscohos OvidSP and Health Library. The words used in this article: insomnia, adjustment sleep disorder, questionnaires, studies and menopause. Publications of all types were inclu...
Source: Sleep Science - November 17, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
“Diagnosis of sleep apnea in network” respiratory polygraphy as a decentralization strategy
Conclusions Physicians were able to diagnosis OSA by doing portable respiratory polygraphy at distance. The remote diagnosis strategy presented short delays, safe data transmission, and low rate of missing data. (Source: Sleep Science)
Source: Sleep Science - November 13, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Caffeine and sleep-deprivation mediated changes in open-field behaviours, stress response and antioxidant status in mice
Conclusion Repeated caffeine consumption and/or acute sleep-deprivation led to significant changes in pattern of open-field behaviour and stress/antioxidant response in mice. Responses seen in the study are probably due to modulatory effects of caffeine on the total body response to stressful stimuli. (Source: Sleep Science)
Source: Sleep Science - November 11, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Sleep, immunity and shift workers: A review
Publication date: Available online 6 November 2016 Source:Sleep Science Author(s): Carlos Mauricio Oliveira de Almeida, Adriana Malheiro To date, shift workers represent between 15% and 25% of the modern day workforce. Work time poses a great challenge to workers as it requires that they balance productivity and sleep time between shifts. As a result, these workers experience chronic sleep deprivation with increased fatigue and drowsiness due to this sleep deprivation. The impact of this kind of work on the immune system is not yet known. We conducted a literature review with the aim of evaluating articles on this spec...
Source: Sleep Science - November 5, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Sleep pattern and locomotor activity are impaired by doxorubicin in non-tumor-bearing rats
Conclusions Therefore, our results suggest that doxorubicin induces sleep pattern impairments and reduction of locomotor activity. (Source: Sleep Science)
Source: Sleep Science - November 4, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Effects of physical activity at work and life-style on sleep in workers from an Amazonian Extractivist Reserve
Publication date: Available online 19 October 2016 Source:Sleep Science Author(s): Andressa Juliane Martins, Suleima Pedroza Vasconcelos, Debra Jean Skene, Arne Lowden, Claudia Roberta de Castro Moreno Physical activity has been recommended as a strategy for improving sleep. Nevertheless, physical effort at work might not be not the ideal type of activity to promote sleep quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of type of job (low vs. high physical effort) and life-style on sleep of workers from an Amazonian Extractivist Reserve, Brazil. A cross-sectional study of 148 low physical activity (factor...
Source: Sleep Science - October 28, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Proposing the Clinical Inventory of Sleep Quality
Conclusion CISQ is a promising tool to measure sleep quality and deserve more research to confirm its utility. (Source: Sleep Science)
Source: Sleep Science - October 28, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
The relationship between epilepsy, sleep disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children: A review of the literature
Conclusions It is important to know which symptom is the predominant one. For this reason, children and adolescents with epilepsy, ADHD and sleep disorders need to be assessed carefully before initiating treatment. Our review concluded that there is an important link in this pathological triad. (Source: Sleep Science)
Source: Sleep Science - October 28, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Decrease of respiratory events in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome using a mandibular advancement device assessed with split night polysomnography
Conclusion Our data supports that the use of MAD is an alternative in the management of OSAHS, in well selected patients, used in a multidisciplinary fashion, and evaluated using a SNP. (Source: Sleep Science)
Source: Sleep Science - October 28, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Poor sleep quality affects spatial orientation in virtual environments
Publication date: Available online 28 October 2016 Source:Sleep Science Author(s): Silvana Valera, Veronica Guadagni, Edward Slone, Ford Burles, Michele Ferrara, Tavis Campbell, Giuseppe Iaria Sleep is well known to have a significant impact on learning and memory. Specifically, studies adopting an experimentally induced sleep loss protocol in healthy individuals have provided evidence that the consolidation of spatial memories, as acquired through navigating and orienteering in spatial surroundings, is negatively affected by total sleep loss. Here, we used both objective and subjective measures to characterize in...
Source: Sleep Science - October 28, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
A hypothetic aging pathway from skin to hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus via slow wave sleep
Publication date: Available online 13 October 2016 Source:Sleep Science Author(s): Zi-Jian Cai Many observations have demonstrated that the hypothalamic neuroendocrine change determines the chronological sequence of aging in mammals. However, it remains uncertain on the mechanism to account for the hypothalamic aging manifestations. In this article, it is pointed out that, as constantly exposed to sunshine and oxygen, the skin would undergo both telomere-shortening and oxidative senescent processes. The senescent alterations of skin, such as attenuation in electrodermal activities, would in turn reduce the emotional res...
Source: Sleep Science - October 13, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Good daily habits during the early stages of life determine success throughout life
Publication date: Available online 5 October 2016 Source:Sleep Science Author(s): Jun Kohyama This paper assesses hypothesis that sufficient sleep duration and proper circadian rhythms during the early stages of life are indispensable to a successful life. Successful life was defined according to the famous cohort studies of Mischel's and Dunedin. To assess the hypothesis, neuronal elements presumably affecting early daily habits and successful life are reviewed. The effect of sufficient sleep duration and proper circadian rhythms during early stages of life on the development of the prefrontal cortex has been found to ...
Source: Sleep Science - October 5, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Social modulation of the daily activity rhythm in a solitary subterranean rodent, the tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sp)
We report that a single birth event was capable of disrupting the robust nocturnal activity rhythm of singly housed tuco-tucos from north-west Argentina. “Around-the-clock activity” was displayed by 8 out of 13 animals whose cages were closer to the newborn pups. However, experimental exposure to a pup vocalization did not produce a similar effect on the rhythms of adult animals. Our results indicate an effect of social interaction in the expression of biological rhythms even in solitary animals. (Source: Sleep Science)
Source: Sleep Science - September 30, 2016 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
