PM devices measure fewer parameters than a laboratory based sleep study and are therefore not recommended for assessment of sleep disorder in the pediatric population. Unattended home PSG in children was evaluated by 1 center (Jacob, 1995) and produced similar results to laboratory studies; however,...
Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) is a facility based study that is used to measure the ability to stay awake and alert. The procedure protocol is similar to that of the MSLT, with the exception that an individual is given four nap trials, each trial consisting of a forty minute sessio...
Nineteen residents were included in the study. The median age was 27±1.89 and 15 were male. The mean hours of sleeping at home was 6.5 (range 6–8) and after on call duty was 1.5 (range 0.5–3). Statistical difference were found in CPT 2 test en terms of correct answers (p=0.007...
2018. A consort diagram of participant enrollment and attrition at each study visit is depicted in Fig.1. A total of 1,802 participants were assessed for eligibility and 100 healthy, good-sleeping adults were initially randomized. A total of six participants were excluded from analyses because ...
Since a late chronotype is associated with adverse mental and physical consequences, it is of vital importance to study how lighting environments affect chronotype. Here, we use a mathematical model of the human circadian pacemaker to understand how light in the built environment changes the ...
AJournal of Sleep Researchstudyfound good agreement between home and lab DLMO assessments—but it included safeguards for proper use, including objective measures of dim light compliance (for example, a light meter smartphone app), objective monitoring of sampling times (for example, a medication mon...
L-tryptophan I know we've all experienced the epic Thanksgiving post-meal nap a time or two. I mean really, is there anything better than stuffing yourself full of turkey and Mom's homemade sweet potato casserole and drifting off into a food coma? However, the well-known myth that the...
or for whom CPAP or AutoPAP is ineffective. Ineffective is defined as documented failure to meet therapeutic goals using CPAP or AutoPAP during the titration portion of a facility-based study or during home use despite optimal therapy (i.e., proper mask selection and fitting and appropriate pre...
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN The interrelated effect of sleep and learning in dogs (Canis familiaris); an EEG and behavioural study received: 13 October 2016 accepted: 30 December 2016 Published: 06 February 2017 Anna Kis1, Sára Szakadát2, Márta Gácsi3,4, Enikő Kovács...
Methods: Fifty-two elderly individuals (mean age, 69.6 卤 4.0 years) free from impairment in daily living activities participated in this study. Apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) and minimum oxygen saturation (SpO2) were assessed using a portable home monitoring device. We evaluated excessive daytime ...