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Sleep Quality and Health: Description of the Sleep Quality Index
1991Good sleep is part of good quality of life. Sleep disturbances are rather common and they reflect various somatic and psychic diseases. Sleep length is associated with mortality. According to several epidemiological surveys short sleepers and long sleepers seem to have poorer life expectancy than those sleeping 7–8h/night [2, 4, 8].
J. Hasan +3 more
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Quality of Sleep in Hemodialysis Patients
Dialysis & Transplantation, 2007AbstractBACKGROUNDHemodialysis patients frequently experience problems sleeping. The purpose of this study was to determine sleep quality in hemodialysis patients.METHODS AND MATERIALSA total of 150 patients under treatment with ongoing hemodialysis in a university hospital dialysis unit were included in the study.
Tel, Havva, Tel, Hatice, Esmek, Mehtap
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Sleep quality subtypes and obesity.
Health Psychology, 2016Poor sleep quality could be a risk factor for obesity. This article utilized a person-centered approach to investigate whether distinct sleep quality subtypes were associated with obesity directly, and indirectly via physical activity.The sample included 8,932 Australian employees who participated in the Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in ...
Christopher A. Magee +3 more
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Relationship Quality: Implications for Sleep Quality and Sleep Disorders
2017Substantial research has shown that both the presence and quality of close relationships are critical for optimal physical health and well-being. When considering the pathways linking close relationships with health, the extant research has primarily focused on pathways such as health behaviors or physiological stress responses that are measured during
Wendy M. Troxel +1 more
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Caffeine, Sleep, and Quality of Life
2008Caffeine is regarded as a mild stimulant acting on the central nervous system that is responsible for a significant portion of the behavioural and physiological effects of coffee and tea. Motives why people take caffeine are reflected in consumption patterns.
Monicque M. Lorist, Jan Snel
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Sleep Quality, Sleep Propensity and Academic Performance
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2004We examined associations between measures of sleep propensity on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, sleep quality on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and academic performance by GPA and grades in introductory psychology for 414 students. In the total sample, neither sleep propensity nor sleep quality correlated with GPA or introductory psychology grades.
Andrew J. Howell +2 more
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Sleep and Mood: Measuring the Sleep Quality
1979A brief outline of a still incomplete psychophysiological theory, which forms the basis of our experiments, is presented in this section. This theory has two parts: one is a descriptive quantitative psychological part, the other is a physiological part based on the ideas of Karli5 about behavioural neurophysiology.
A. Kumar +8 more
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Quality of life in sleep disorders [PDF]
Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2003 Quality of life is a major outcome variable in choosing and evaluating treatment alternatives for sleep disorders. However, the number of well validated and sufficiently responsive quality of life measures for use with this population is limited. The SF-36, Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) and Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) are the most frequently used ...
W. Ward Flemons, Marlene Reimer
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Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Nurses
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2007Fatigue is a critical issue for nurses that may lead to medical errors, degradation in performance, decreased mental acuity, and social problems. Poor sleep quality is also a contributing factor in fatigue that nurses experience. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the differences in perceptions of fatigue between night-shift and day ...
Fred W. Kolkhorst +2 more
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Sleep quality in complicated grief
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2005AbstractThe aim of the present study was to evaluate severity of sleep disturbances in a group of 105 individuals presenting with complicated grief (CG) accompanied or not by comorbid depression and/or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A sample of 105 adults meeting criteria for CG was included in this study.
Krissa Caroff +3 more
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