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Filter by:The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the impact of sleep workshops on sleep, mood, anxiety and well-being measures in a sample of college students. College students have a high prevalence of sleep problems including poor sleep hygiene, volitional sleep deprivation, and insomnia. Sleep disorders in college students negatively affect mood, social functioning, physical safety, and academic performance. Rarely recognized by the students themselves, these conditions are therefore often untreated. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to receive the College Sleep Improvement Plan (C-SIP) or a control session. Participants will be asked to track their sleep as well as complete questionnaires; a subset of participants will be asked to wear an activity monitor.
Stellate-ganglion block have been done safely for more than 60 years. It has proved to provide survivors of breast cancer with relief from hot flushes and sleep dysfunction with few or no side-effects. The aim of the present study is to evaluate postoperative sleep quality of patients undergoing breast cancer surgery with Stellate-ganglion block performed in the operation.
It is known from the literature that patients in the Intensive Care Unit do not get enough sleep impacting on short and longterm recovery (Tembo & Parker, 2009; Bihari et al, 2012; Kamdar et al, 2012). The use of non-pharmacological interventions such as massage with essential oils is supported by the literature as being useful in encouraging sleep (Richards et al, 2003; Matthews, 2011). Over 30% of cancer patients are accessing complementary therapies such as these (Rees et al, 2000; Lewith et al, 2002). We propose investigating whether aromatherapy massage and the use of essential oils in the form of an Inhalation Patch (Bioesse TM) prove to be a useful intervention for improving patient sleep whilst on the critical care unit.
Sleep deprivation is common in anaesthesiology residents. Its effects on technical skills have been reported with controversial results. Non-technical skills (team working, situation awareness, decision making and task management) contribute to safe and efficient task performance. They have a crucial role in anaesthetic practice, especially during crisis management. The investigators hypothesized that sleep deprivation was associated with a reduced mobilisation of non-technical skills in anaesthesiology residents.
This project investigated how glucose metabolism differs due to sleep deprivation for three consecutive nights as compared to sufficient sleep for three nights by examining concentrations of glucose, insulin, and other factors involved in glucose metabolism.
This study aimed to investigate the effect of 48-h sleep deprivation on heart rate variability (HRV) in young healthy people and the protective effect of statin on arrhythmia and HRV.
Background The emergency department is a chaotic place with high levels of noise and light 24 hours a day. Patients are often boarded overnight while they await tests or consultations scheduled for the morning. Sleep deprivation, high noise levels have been associated with negative patient experiences and outcomes in other clinical settings. Interventions to counter the effects of noise and light in the emergency department for patients staying overnight have not been investigated. Objective To determine if sleep and other aspects of the patient experience can be improved for patients boarded overnight in the Emergency Department with the use of a sleep mask and ear plugs. Methods A randomized control study will take place in the Emergency Department of Kingston General Hospital. Eligible patients will randomized to receive either sleep aids (sleep mask and ear plugs) or standard treatment (no sleep aids). The primary outcome will be sleep quality, assessed by Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire. Secondary outcomes include patient satisfaction, hours of sleep, blood pressure, heart rate, new-onset delirium, patient's sense of feeling well-rested and patient overall sense of well-being. The primary analysis will be intention-to-treat comparing primary and secondary outcomes between the two groups in an unadjusted fashion. A secondary analysis will involve linear regression to explore the association between treatment group and Richards-Campbell Sleep Score, controlling for potential confounders. Importance Determining the feasibility and efficacy of sleep masks and earplugs for patients in the emergency department to improve sleep and the patient experience has never been done before. If found to be effective, this relatively low- cost intervention could be implemented in emergency departments across the country and around the world.
Fifty healthy, young participants (10 male, 40 female) completed two 3-hour study sessions that were at least five days apart. The first session was a baseline. The sleep intervention took place on the night prior to Session 2, where the amount of time in bed was manipulated to be 60-130% of the individual's habitual sleep time. Within both sessions, subjective (Stanford Sleepiness Scale, SSS) and objective (Psychomotor Vigilance Test, PVT) alertness were measured. During the middle of each session, a 40-minute ad libitum meal opportunity allowed participants to eat from eight different food items. Food healthfulness, caloric density, distribution and number of calories were measured and compared to alertness levels.
Objectives: investigate the effects of 6 nights of sleep extension on physical and cognitive performances before, during total sleep deprivation (39 hours continuous awaking) and after a subsequent recovery sleep. Design: Subjects participated in two experimental conditions (randomized cross-over design): extended sleep (10-h in bed, EXT) and habitual sleep (8-h in bed, HAB). In each condition, subjects performed two consecutive phases: (1) six nights of either EXT or HAB (2) three experiments days in-laboratory:baseline (BASE), sleep deprivation (TSD) and after 10 h of recovery sleep(REC). Performance tests were administered every 3 hours over the 3-d in laboratory. Setting: This cross-over and randomized study was conducted under standardized laboratory conditions with continuous polysomnographic recording Participants: 14 healthy men (age range: 26-37 years) participated in the study. Interventions: EXT vs. HAB sleep durations prior to total sleep deprivation (39 hr continuous awaking).
The investigators examine changes in decision making, vigilance and cortical excitability in healthy male subjects undergoing total acute sleep deprivation (40 hours) on the one hand, and chronic partial sleep restriction (7 nights with 5 instead of 8 hours in bed per night) on the other hand, in a cross over controlled manner. The investigators hypothesize that total sleep deprivation, as well as partial sleep restriction lead to impairments in decision making and vigilance, and enhanced cortical excitability. Beside these three primary outcomes, the investigators also assess changes in sleep by EEG, dim light melatonin onset, skin temperature, subjective mood and sleepiness, working memory, and also collect saliva samples.