Journal•ISSN: 1540-2002
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Taylor & Francis
About: Behavioral Sleep Medicine is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Insomnia & Medicine. It has an ISSN identifier of 1540-2002. Over the lifetime, 758 publications have been published receiving 22426 citations.
Topics: Insomnia, Medicine, Sleep disorder, Actigraphy, Anxiety
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TL;DR: The short forms had greater measurement precision than the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), as indicated by larger test information values across the continuum of severity, despite having fewer total items—a major advantage for both research and clinical settings.
Abstract: This article reports on the development of short forms from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS™) Sleep Disturbance (SD) and Sleep-Related Impairment (SRI) item banks Results from post-hoc computerized adaptive testing (CAT) simulations, item discrimination parameters, item means, and clinical judgments were used to select the best-performing 8 items for SD and SRI The final 8-item short forms provided less test information than the corresponding full banks, but correlated strongly with the longer forms The short forms had greater measurement precision than the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), as indicated by larger test information values across the continuum of severity, despite having fewer total items--a major advantage for both research and clinical settings
682 citations
TL;DR: The data were inconclusive regarding insomnia as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality, but sleep medication use was predictive of mortality and insomnia was related to decreased immune functioning.
Abstract: This article reviewed insomnia epidemiological research, identifying areas where insomnia was a risk factor and isolating areas deserving of further investigation. Insomnia was consistently predictive of depression, anxiety disorders, other psychological disorders, alcohol abuse or dependence, drug abuse or dependence, and suicide, indicating insomnia is a risk factor for these difficulties. Additionally, insomnia was related to decreased immune functioning. The data were inconclusive regarding insomnia as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality, but sleep medication use was predictive of mortality. These results must be tempered with the knowledge that significant weaknesses existed in the studies reviewed. The main weaknesses were inadequate definition of insomnia and inadequate control for alternative explanations. Despite these limitations, this review suggests that insomnia is a risk factor for poor mental and physical health.
372 citations
TL;DR: The SBSM Guide to Actigraphy Monitoring: Clinical and Research Applications is a guide to actigraphy monitoring for clinical and research applications that helps clinicians and researchers better understand the role ofigraphy in health and disease.
Abstract: Actigraphs are compact, lightweight, computerized accelerometer-based devices that have been used to evaluate sleep and wake in humans for nearly four decades.1 While polysomnography (PSG) continue...
357 citations
TL;DR: Overall, sleep-wake patterns were found to relate to risk-taking behavior during adolescence in this study, with no significant relationships being found between weekend oversleep and daytime functioning.
Abstract: The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between adolescents' sleep-wake patterns and risk-taking behavior. A second goal was to replicate the results obtained by Wolfson and Carskadon (1998) regarding adolescents' sleep habits. Three hundred eighty-eight adolescents (217 males, 171 females) completed the Sleep Habits Survey and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The results indicated that adolescents who reported longer weekend delay and higher levels of sleep problems also reported significantly higher levels of risk-taking behaviors, and students' weekend delay was also related to their academic performance in this sample. As in the sample studied by Wolfson and Carskadon (1998), the adolescents in this study exhibited changes in both weekday and weekend sleep habits across grade/age. However in the present study, only school-night total sleep time and weekend delay were related to adolescents' daytime functioning, with no significant relationships being found between weekend oversleep and daytime functioning. This provides partial support for the findings of Wolfson and Carskadon (1998). Overall, sleep-wake patterns were found to relate to risk-taking behavior during adolescence in this study.
326 citations
TL;DR: Results showed that both morning and evening bright light resulted in more consolidated sleep at night, as measured with wrist actigraphy, and evening light increased the quality of the circadian activity rhythm.
Abstract: Sleep in the nursing home environment is extremely fragmented, possibly in part as a result of decreased light exposure. This study examined the effect of light on sleep and circadian activity rhythms in patients with probable or possible Alzheimer's disease. Results showed that both morning and evening bright light resulted in more consolidated sleep at night, as measured with wrist actigraphy. Evening light also increased the quality of the circadian activity rhythm, as measured by a 5-parameter extended cosine model (amplitude, acrophase, nadir, slope of the curve, and relative width of the peak and trough). Increasing light exposure throughout the day and evening is likely to have the most beneficial effect on sleep and on circadian rhythms in patients with dementia. It would behoove nursing homes to consider increasing ambient light in multipurpose rooms where patients often spend much of their days.
322 citations