Study Objectives:Patients with sarcoidosis experience fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). However, the underlying pathomechanism is unclear. Studies suggested undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to be an important contributor, but ...

Study Objectives:To determine efficacy and mechanisms of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) education (COPD-ED) on clinical outcomes in adults with concurrent COPD and insomnia.

Methods:We ...

Study Objectives:Social and demographic influences are important for sleep attainment. Geographic location has not been previously explored.

Methods:Data from the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) were used (N = 157,319). Participants ...

Study Objectives:Routine assessment of daytime function in Sleep Medicine has focused on “tendency to fall asleep” in soporific circumstances, to the exclusion of “wakefulness inability” or inability to maintain wakefulness, and fatigue/tiredness/lack of ...

Purpose:This study examined how well the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) performance was related to subjective measures of fatigue. In order to study subjects presenting with a wide range of fatigue symptoms, we studied healthy individuals as well as ...

Study Objectives:Disturbed sleep is a common complaint in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The majority of the research investigating relationships between sleep and patient-reported outcomes in RA has focused on pain and depression. Poor sleep ...

Study Objectives:Patients with postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) commonly complain of fatigue, unrefreshing sleep, daytime sleepiness, and diminished quality of life. This study's objective was to assess the sleep quality and health-related quality of ...

Study Objectives:Drowsiness is a major risk factor for motor vehicle and occupational accidents. Real-time objective indicators of drowsiness could potentially identify drowsy individuals with the goal of intervening before an accident occurs. Several ...

Study Objective:Determine whether a salivary biomarker of physical fatigue, referred to as the fatigue biomarker index (FBI), can discriminate a control group from a sleep deprived group when saliva is collected under controlled conditions. The study ...

Study Objectives:The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) remains unknown, and little information exists regarding the relative contributions of OSA to symptoms of MS-related fatigue in the presence of other ...

Study Objectives:To report at a population level the prevalence of restless legs syndrome, insomnia, and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea in multiple sclerosis patients. Sleep patterns and associations with fatigue and daytime sleepiness were ...

Study Objectives:To determine the association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), health-related factors and the likelihood of heavy vehicle crashes in Western Australia (WA).

Methods:This case-control study included 100 long-haul heavy vehicle drivers ...

Objective:Poor sleep is a frequent symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The objective of the study was to assess the relationship between nocturnal polysomnographic (PSG) findings and quality of sleep, fatigue, and increased daytime ...

Background:Chronic insomnia is common among patients with heart failure (HF) and may contribute to fatigue and poor function. However, to date there have been no randomized controlled trials focused on treatment of insomnia or daytime symptoms in this ...

Study Objectives:Sleep disorders are seen in patients with demyelinating disease (DD) more often than in the general population. Combination of physical and psychological factors such as pain, spasms, nocturia, depression, anxiety, or medication effects ...

Study Objectives:To investigate the prevalence of binge viewing, its association with sleep and examine arousal as an underlying mechanism of this association.

Methods:Four hundred twenty-three adults (aged 18–25 years old, 61.9% female) completed an ...

Study Objectives:Sleep disturbances are commonly reported by cancer survivors. Systematic light exposure using bright light has been used to improve sleep in other populations. In this secondary data analysis, the effect of morning administration of ...

Study Objectives:The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is not well understood, and sleep disorders may be potential triggers for IBD. Thus, an evaluation of the sleep characteristics, fatigue symptoms, and cytokine levels was performed in ...

Study Objectives:The objective of this study was to measure fatigue and hypersomnolence in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treated with a mandibular advancement device (MAD), using Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) for hypersomnolence and ...