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Sleep Disorders

Negative mood as a mediator of the association between insomnia severity and marijuana problems in college students.

Jan 31, 2020

Insomnia symptoms have been linked to problematic marijuana use among young adults, but the mechanism underlying this association and whether sex differences exist, remains unclear. Using cross-sectio...

Development of a Sleep Apnea-Specific Health State Utility Algorithm

Jan 31, 2020

With the increasing emphasis on economic evaluations, there is a need for additional methods of measuring patient utility in the obstructive sleep apnea population.To develop and validate a utility sc...

Driving with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): High prevalence of OSA risk in drivers who experienced a motor vehicle crash.

Jan 31, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a risk factor for motor vehicle crashes (MVC), and patients with diagnosed OSA have a higher likelihood of being involved in a traffic accident. OSA, however, is ofte...

Utility of the sleep stage sequence preceding sleep onset REM periods for the diagnosis of narcolepsy: a study in a Japanese cohort.

Jan 31, 2020

The minimum narcolepsy criteria "mean sleep latency (MSL) ≤8 min and ≥2 sleep onset rapid eye movement (REM) periods (SOREMPs) on polysomnography (PSG) and the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT),...

Sexual disorders and dyspnoea among women with obstructive sleep apnea.

Jan 31, 2020

We aimed to assess sexual function, sexual distress and the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) among women with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA), and to assess if the presence of OSA ...

Symptom Experiences in Colorectal Cancer Survivors After Cancer Treatments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Jan 31, 2020

With improved survivorship rates for colorectal cancer (CRC), more CRC survivors are living with long-term disease and treatment side effects. Little research exists on CRC symptoms or symptom managem...

Fear Extinction Memory is Negatively Associated with REM Sleep in Insomnia Disorder.

Jan 30, 2020

Formation and maintenance of fear-extinction memories are disrupted in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and anxiety disorders. Sleep contributes to emotional memory consolidation and emotion regu...

Narcolepsy Severity Scale: A reliable tool assessing symptom severity and consequences.

Jan 30, 2020

To define clinically relevant Narcolepsy Severity Scale (NSS) score ranges, confirm its main performances and sensitivity to medications, and determine whether items need to be weighted.143 consecutiv...

Altered surface expression of P2Y receptor with narcolepsy-associated mutations.

Jan 30, 2020

Narcolepsy with cataplexy is a neurological sleep disorder, which is believed to arise from the autoimmune destruction of hypocretin-producing neurons. The purinergic receptor P2Y is associated with n...

Psycho-behavioural factors associated with medication adherence among male out-patients with hypertension in a Ghanaian hospital.

Jan 30, 2020

Medication adherence is a key health outcome that reflects the health and general well-being of patients with hypertension. Challenges with adherence are common and associated with clinical, behaviour...

[Anxiety, depression and sleep disorders in Parkinson's disease: a complex interaction between body and mind].

Jan 30, 2020

Anxiety and depression in Parkinson's disease (PD) are often unrecognized, partially due to a complex relationship with sleep disorders and other PD-related symptoms. AIM: To gain more insight in anx...

Benzodiazepines and Related Drugs as a Risk Factor in Alzheimer's Disease Dementia.

Jan 24, 2020

Benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z-drugs are compounds widely prescribed in medical practice due to their anxiolytic, hypnotic, and muscle relaxant properties. Yet, their chronic use is associated with case...

The evaluation of recumbent reflux by multichannel intraluminal impedance pH testing for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and sleep disturbance.

Jan 24, 2020

The relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep disturbance has recently been pointed out and is garnering substantial attention. Although there are reports that point out th...

How common is obstructive sleep apnea in young hypertensive patients?

Jan 24, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been reported to be a cause of hypertension in 40-80% of hypertensive patients. However, there are limited data available on the prevalence and predictors of OSA in y...

Sleep Apnea, Obesity, and Disturbed Glucose Homeostasis: Epidemiologic Evidence, Biologic Insights, and Therapeutic Strategies.

Jan 24, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), obesity, and disturbed glucose homeostasis are usually considered distinct clinical condition, although they are tightly related to each other. The aim of our manuscript...

Depression and anxiety mediate the relationship between insomnia and eating disorders in college women.

Jan 24, 2020

This study examined the associations between insomnia, anxiety, and depression in college women with eating disorders (EDs). Six hundred and ninety women from 28 US colleges who screened positive ...

Sleep Quality Associated with Motor Function among Older Adult Survivors of Critical Illness.

Jan 24, 2020

Poor sleep is associated with worse motor function in older adults. Sleep may affect motor function specifically among older adults recovering from critical illness after transfer out of an intensive ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity and the Risk of Occupational Injury: A Prospective Observational Cohort.

Jan 23, 2020

To determine whether patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at increased risk of occupational injury (OI) METHODS: Working patients (aged 18 to 65 who reported more than 10 h of work per wee...

Accuracy of WatchPAT for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Jan 23, 2020

The co-existence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), termed the overlap syndrome (OVS), is associated with adverse outcomes that may be reversed with tre...

Clinical challenges of a co-secreting TSH/GH pituitary adenoma.

Jan 23, 2020

Co-secreting thyrotropin/growth hormone (GH) pituitary adenomas are rare; their clinical presentation and long-term management are challenging. There is also a paucity of long-term data. Due to the ce...

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