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Prevalence of Poor Sleep Quality in Nursing Staff: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

Behavioural Sleep Medicine, 2020
Objective: Poor sleep quality is common in nursing staff. This meta-analysis aimed to examine the pooled prevalence of poor sleep quality in nursing staff.
Liang-Nan Zeng, Yuan Yang, Chen Wang, Xiaohong Li, Yi-fan Xiang, B. Hall, G. Ungvari, Chun-Yang Li, Chao Chen, Li-gang Chen, X. Cui, Feng-rong An, Y. Xiang   +12 more
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Sleep and Quality of Life in Sleep Apnea [PDF]

, 2008
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is increasingly recognized as an important parameter in the assessment of the morbidity associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Generic and sleep disorder-specific instruments consistently demonstrate impairment in multiple domains of HRQOL in OSA, particularly in the domains of sleep, energy, fatigue, and ...
Robert C. Basner, Amy D. Atkeson
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Sleep Applications to Assess Sleep Quality

Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2016
This article highlights the potential uses that smartphone applications may have for helping those with sleep problems. Applications in smartphones offer the promised possibility of detection of sleep. From the author's own experience, one can also conclude that sleep applications are approximately as good as polysomnography in detection of sleep time,
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Quality of Sleep in Hemodialysis Patients

Dialysis & Transplantation, 2007
AbstractBACKGROUNDHemodialysis 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 in hospitalized patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2005
Aims and objectives.  The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare sleep quality of the hospitalized patients and matched healthy controls.Background.  Although the functions of sleep are not clearly understood, it is generally accepted that it is necessary for the maintenance of good health.
Dogan, O, Ertekin, S, Dogan, S
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Caffeine, Sleep, and Quality of Life

2008
Caffeine 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.
Lorist, M.M., Snel, J.
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Sleep quality subtypes and obesity.

Health Psychology, 2016
Poor 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, Prasuna Reddy, Laura Robinson, Alisha McGregor   +3 more
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Sleep Quality and Health: Description of the Sleep Quality Index

1991
Good 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, Markku Partinen, I. Vuori, Helka Urponen   +3 more
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Relationship Quality: Implications for Sleep Quality and Sleep Disorders

2017
Substantial 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, Stephanie Brooks Holliday   +1 more
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Sleep Quality, Sleep Propensity and Academic Performance

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2004
We 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, Russell A. Powell, Jesse C. Jahrig   +2 more
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