Sleep Deprivation - Epidemiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Perceived insufficient rest or sleep among adults - United States, 2008.

28 Oct 2009 The importance of chronic sleep insufficiency is under-recognized as a public health problem, despite being associated with numerous physical and mental health problems, injury, loss of productivity, and mortality. Approximately 29% of U.S. adults ... Read more...

Maternal sleep deprivation is a risk factor for small for gestational age: a cohort study.

30 Jul 2009 AIMS: To determine trimester-specific risk factors for small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants. METHODS: A population-based prospective cohort study was conducted in Sri Lanka from May 2001 to April 2002. Pregnant women were recruited on or before ... Read more...

Sleep and depression in postpartum women: a population-based study.

29 Jun 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe the prevalence of and risk factors for postpartum maternal sleep problems and depressive symptoms simultaneously, (2) identify factors independently associated with either condition, and (3) explore associations ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sleep Deprivation - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Perceived insufficient rest or sleep among adults - United States, 2008. 28 Oct 2009
• Maternal sleep deprivation is a risk factor for small for gestational age: a cohort study. 30 Jul 2009
• Sleep and depression in postpartum women: a population-based study. 29 Jun 2009
• Dubious bargain: trading sleep for Leno and Letterman. 30 May 2009
• Adolescents living the 24/7 lifestyle: effects of caffeine and technology on sleep duration and daytime functioning. 30 May 2009
• Sleep in post-menopausal women: differences between early and late post-menopause. 30 Apr 2009
• Adolescents' sleep behaviors and perceptions of sleep. 29 Apr 2009
• Empirical evidence for "syndrome Z": a hierarchical 5-factor model of the metabolic syndrome incorporating sleep disturbance measures. 29 Apr 2009
• Long sleep duration and childhood overweight/obesity and body fat. 29 Apr 2009
• Insomnia with objective short sleep duration is associated with a high risk for hypertension. 30 Mar 2009
• The interrelationships between working conditions, job satisfaction, burnout and mental health among hospital physicians in Japan: a path analysis. 30 Mar 2009
• The adverse consequences of sleep disturbance in pediatric bipolar disorder: implications for intervention. 30 Mar 2009
• Sleep duration in the United States: a cross-sectional population-based study. 16 Mar 2009
• [Possibilities and limits of sleep recovery for night-nursing workers] 27 Feb 2009
• Sleep disturbances in prepubertal children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a home polysomnography study. 27 Feb 2009
• A multistage chronobiologic intervention for the treatment of depression: a pilot study. 18 Feb 2009
• Subjective sleep, burden, depression, and general health among caregivers of veterans poststroke. 30 Jan 2009
• Confinement and sleep deprivation effects on propensity to take risks. 30 Jan 2009
• Sleep and delirium in ICU patients: a review of mechanisms and manifestations. 21 Jan 2009
• Atypical work hours and metabolic syndrome among police officers. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Sleep Deprivation'

Definition: The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.

Descriptor UI: D012892

Alternative terms: Sleep Deprivation; Deprivation, Sleep; Deprivations, Sleep; Sleep Deprivations; REM Sleep Deprivation; Deprivation, REM Sleep; Deprivations, REM Sleep; REM Sleep Deprivations; Sleep Deprivation, REM; Sleep Deprivations, REM; Sleep Fragmentation; Fragmentation, Sleep; Fragmentations, Sleep; Sleep Fragmentations; Insufficient Sleep Syndrome; Insufficient Sleep Syndromes; Syndrome, Insufficient Sleep; Syndromes, Insufficient Sleep;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.886.425.175; C23.888.592.796.772; F02.830.855.671; F03.870.400.099; G11.561.600.815.587;

History Note: 67(64)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS, inability to fall asleep or sleep