In the hospital setting, poor sleep and delirium are associated with adverse outcomes; non-pharmacological interventions are recommended, but tend to be resource intensive and hindered by a lack of reliable sleep measurement tools. Delirium is easier to identify, with validated tools available in ...
The amount of sleep needed by an individual can vary. Genetics and age play a large role, along with a number of other factors. But a good guideline—as recommended by the National Sleep Foundation—is generally seven to nine hours each night. It seems a majority of us do in fact hit...
Additionally, we also found that > 70% (72.8%) of the young adults with OSA are of moderate to severe severity, for whom aggressive treatment is generally recommended.While age > 40 years is an independent risk factor for OSA by US Preventive Services Task Force10...
First, our study indicates that Japanese school-age children do not get enough sleep. Mean sleep duration was 8.5 h (6–12 years: 8.3–9.2 h; 13–15 years: 7.2–7.6 h), with sleep duration decreasing as grade increased. Sleep duration recommended by the National Sleep Foundation was 9 ...
Knowledge of which sleep measures Conflict of interest statement Nothing declared. References and recommended reading Papers of particular interest, published within the period of review, have been highlighted as:References (50) E.J. de Bruin et al. Effects of sleep manipulation on cognitive ...
Average awaken time was estimated by (wake time after sleep onset / number of awakenings). The dosage and frequency of any hypnotic medication were also recorded in the 7-day sleep diary. We converted the medication consumed into the lowest recommended dosage (LRD) units, as defined by ...
Sleep duration was categorized as short (≤6 h/d), recommended (7–9 h/d) and long (≥9 h/d). Regression analyses adjusting for age, socio-economic status, smoking, ethnicity and total energy intake were used and restricted cubic spline models were developed to explore potential non-...
parasomnias that are unusual or atypical because of the individual’s age at onset, the time, duration or frequency of occurrence of the behavior including, but not limited to: nocturnal seizures, psychogenic dissociative states, REM sleep behavior disorder, sleep talking and/or confusional arousal...
Sex, age, and BMI were used to define overweight and obesity based on the definition recommended by the Working Group on Obesity in China. The prevalence of obesity and overweight in Chinese school-aged children was 10.7% and 10.3%, respectively. Hierarchical multiple linear regression models ...
Classically the human life-course is characterized by youth, middle age and old age. A wide range of biological, health and cognitive functions vary across this life-course. Here, using reported sleep duration from 730,187 participants across 63 countrie