Showing papers in "Sleep Medicine in 2005"

TL;DR: This study provides further support for the reliability and validity of the MOS Sleep measure and can be used to assess important aspects of sleep perceived by adults in the general population or participating in clinical studies.

TL;DR: Insufficient sleep is associated with a variety of adverse health behaviors and impairment in all HRQOL domains investigated, and assessment of sleep appears to be an important component of general medical care.

TL;DR: The BEARS appears to be a user-friendly pediatric sleep screening tool which significantly increases the amount of sleep information recorded as well as the likelihood of identifying sleep problems in the primary care setting.

TL;DR: Sleep disturbance in AD is associated with other behavioural symptoms, notably aggressiveness, and consideration of co-morbid behavioural symptoms may aid the clinician in choosing a suitable treatment for sleep disturbance inAD.

TL;DR: Although there seem to be important global variations in the prevalence of insomnia, its symptoms and their management, about one in four individuals do not think they sleep well, and self-reported sleep problems could be underestimated in the general population.

TL;DR: A statistically significant improvement in actigraphically measured total sleep time on 50 mg melatonin compared to 5 mg or placebo and a significant improvement found in subjective sleep disturbance suggests that these modest effects may be clinically relevant in this patient population.

TL;DR: This study indicates that there is a high occurrence of restless legs syndrome among adults, and main predictors are insomnia and periodic limb movements in sleep.

TL;DR: Significant improvements in sleep and daytime function were evident in those switched from double-blind placebo to 6 months of open-label eszopiclone therapy and were sustained during the 6 years ofopen-label treatment for those receiving prior double- blind eszopylone.

TL;DR: This study implies a stronger relationship between these disorders than a previously published figure of 7-12% and is clinically significant as RBD is a potentially distressing but readily treatable disorder.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether peak noise or the change in noise level from baseline is more important in inducing sleep disruption and found that white noise added to the environment would reduce arousals by reducing the magnitude of changing noise levels.

TL;DR: The study demonstrates that complaints about sleep problems are common in young medical students and is associated both with sleep disorders and work while studying.

TL;DR: A SCN-DMH-LC signalling pathway is proposed that may influence the activity of the LC and thereby a variety of central nervous system functions related to noradrenergic innervations, including alertness, vigilance, attention, learning and memory.

TL;DR: Independent of SES, African-American children sleep less due to later bedtimes, and cultural variables such as race and SES are important modifiers of sleep behaviors in children and should be addressed in sleep education programs.

TL;DR: ED in OSAS is related to nocturnal hypoxemia, and about 75% of OSAS patients with ED treated with nasal CPAP showed remission at one-month follow-up, resulting in significant improvement in quality of life.

TL;DR: The open-label trial of long-term hypnotic therapy with zaleplon 5 and 10 mg suggests that they are safe and effective for the treatment of insomnia in older patients.

TL;DR: High anxiety score was associated with non-compliance with CPAP therapy and high depression score wasassociated with daytime sleepiness and non- compliance withCPAP therapy.

TL;DR: Although there was no difference in depression scores between men and women, the relationship between the Somatic factor and apnea severity was significant in men, whereas obesity and the Cognitive factor were significantly associated in women.

TL;DR: Snoring and sleepiness increased in the third trimester of pregnancy, particularly in patients with pre-eclampsia, but the study suggests that sleepiness in pregnancy is largely due to factors other than snoring or breathing pauses.

TL;DR: The results of this study confirm the presence of two fundamentally distinct frequency bands which are expressed individually (A1 and A3) or in association (A2) in the different CAP A phase subtypes.

TL;DR: In PD nocturnal sleep 'destructuring' is linked to disease duration and evolves independently from other major disease parameters.

TL;DR: The ERI and DCS models describe the adverse psychosocial job characteristics related to insomnia, and simultaneously employing these two models is more useful than employing a single model to identify workers at risk of insomnia.

TL;DR: Viewing of a patient education video at the initial visit was found to significantly improve the rate of return for the follow-up visit, and patients with newly diagnosed OSAHS who viewed the CPAP educational video on their first clinic, were significantly more likely to use their machine and to return for a 1-month clinic visit.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that automatic detection of PLM derived from the PAM-RL device is highly reliable when compared to the 'gold standard' of polysomnography in patients with RLS and PLMD, and limb actigraphy can be used routinely to assess motor restlessness in patients.

TL;DR: Supplemental iron treatments can sustain previously achieved improvements with a single IV iron treatment, but achieving high ferritin levels was not in themselves a guarantee of sustained improvements.

TL;DR: Visually scored EEG arousal was significantly associated with an increase in sympathetic index of heart rate, while PTT was associated with a drop in parasympathetic index, after the respiratory events, which indicates a predominant involvement of the parASYmpathetic tone in patients with UARS in comparison to those with OSAS.

TL;DR: A comprehensive approach using scientifically based alertness management principles and practices offers society an opportunity to operate 24/7 while reducing the risks and costs associated with impaired alertness.

TL;DR: This study shows that the index and the nocturnal pattern of PLM occurrence are highly reliable across nights in RLS patients, suggesting that a single-night study may be sufficiently sensitive to confirm diagnosis and associated sleep disturbances in these patients.

TL;DR: There are no systematic studies demonstrating an association between the clinical diagnosis of RLS and the use of antidepressant medication, and a systematic study of this issue fails to corroborate an association.

TL;DR: Chronic sleepwalkers have instability of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep detectable only by the calculation of CAP rate, which is probably related to the presence of the associated sleep disorders.

TL;DR: Ropinirole successfully treated long-standing RLS and can be considered a viable short-term treatment for this condition.