Sleep Disorders - Epidemiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sleep disturbance and pain in an obese residential treatment-seeking population.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The relationships between body mass index (BMI) and sleep disturbance, sleep disturbance and pain, and obesity and pain are documented; however, there is a paucity of research exploring how sleep relates to pain in obese populations. ... Read more...

Workplace bullying and sleep disturbances: findings from a large scale cross-sectional survey in the French working population.

30 Aug 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to explore the associations between workplace bullying, the characteristics of workplace bullying, and sleep disturbances in a large sample of employees of the French working population. DESIGN: ... Read more...

Sleep duration and obesity in children: is the association dependent on age and choice of the outcome parameter?

30 Aug 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between sleep duration in children and different markers of body fat by age and weight status. DESIGN: Nation-wide health survey. Measurement of BMI and body fat percentage (KFA) calculated from weight, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sleep Disorders - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sleep disturbance and pain in an obese residential treatment-seeking population. 30 Aug 2009
• Workplace bullying and sleep disturbances: findings from a large scale cross-sectional survey in the French working population. 30 Aug 2009
• Sleep duration and obesity in children: is the association dependent on age and choice of the outcome parameter? 30 Aug 2009
• Losing sleep over work? Does it matter? 30 Aug 2009
• Sleep disturbances in children and adolescents with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease. 30 Aug 2009
• State of the science: promoting self-care in persons with heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 29 Aug 2009
• Invited Commentary: understanding the role of sleep. Aug 2009
• Sleep disturbance experiences among perimenopausal women in Taiwan. 30 Jul 2009
• Common medical comorbidities associated with cerebral palsy. 30 Jul 2009
• Sleep problems in individuals with spinal cord injury: frequency and age effects. 30 Jul 2009
• Long-term road traffic noise exposure is associated with an increase in morning tiredness. 30 Jul 2009
• Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Anxiety and sleep problems: emerging concepts and theoretical treatment implications. 30 Jul 2009
• Encephalopathy with status epilepticus during slow sleep: "the Penelope syndrome". 30 Jul 2009
• Sleep in depression and anxiety disorders: a population-based study of elderly persons. 12 Jul 2009
• War-related exposure and psychological distress as predictors of health and sleep: a longitudinal study of Kuwaiti children. 8 Jul 2009
• [Prevalence and potential predictors of morbidity among Hungarian female physicians] 29 Jun 2009
• [Correlation of snoring with attention deficit and hyperactivity-impulsivity in school age children from Changsha City] 29 Jun 2009
• Psychological characteristics of Danish women with cosmetic breast implants. 29 Jun 2009
• Sleep and depression in postpartum women: a population-based study. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Sleep Disorders'

Definition: Conditions characterized by disturbances of usual sleep patterns or behaviors. Sleep disorders may be divided into three major categories: DYSSOMNIAS (i.e. disorders characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia), PARASOMNIAS (abnormal sleep behaviors), and sleep disorders secondary to medical or psychiatric disorders. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p187)

Descriptor UI: D012893

Alternative terms: Sleep Disorders; Subwakefullness Syndrome; Subwakefullness Syndromes; Syndrome, Subwakefullness; Syndromes, Subwakefullness; Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypnea; Neurogenic Tachypnea, Sleep-Related; Neurogenic Tachypneas, Sleep-Related; Sleep Related Neurogenic Tachypnea; Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas; Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Neurogenic; Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Neurogenic; Long Sleeper Syndrome; Long Sleeper Syndromes; Sleeper Syndrome, Long; Sleeper Syndromes, Long; Syndrome, Long Sleeper; Syndromes, Long Sleeper; Short Sleeper Syndrome; Short Sleeper Syndromes; Sleeper Syndrome, Short; Sleeper Syndromes, Short; Syndrome, Short Sleeper; Syndromes, Short Sleeper;

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Tree Number: C10.886; C23.888.592.796; F03.870;