The Burden Patients With Myasthenia Gravis Experience in Terms of Breathing, Fatigue, Sleep, Mental Health, Discomfort and Usual Activities in Comparison to the General Population
Source : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12325-023-02704-w
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare neuromuscular disorder marked by a variable combination of weakness of eye, bulbar, respiratory, axial, and limb muscles. This study compared the experience of people...
Patients with MG experienced significantly more breathing problems, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and mental health issues versus the general population.
Changes in Sleep and the Prevalence of Probable Insomnia in Undergraduate University Students Over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From the U-Flourish Cohort Study
Changes in sleep and the prevalence of probable insomnia in undergraduate university students over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the U-Flourish cohort study - Volume 9 Issue...
The extent to which sleep reportedly affected mood, energy, and relationships ranged from 36 to 48%; up to 66% of students felt their sleep affected their concentration, productivity, or ability to stay awake; and 20% indicated that sleep troubled them in general and for longer than 1 year.
Predictors of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Effects in Insomnia With Major Depressive Episode
Source : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178123004778?via=ihub
Insomnia plays a critical role in the onset and maintenance of major depressive episode (MDE).
Daytime dysfunction, treatment-resistant depression, and seasonal patterns emerged as predictors of treatment efficacy in managing insomnia among patients with a major depressive episode.
Evaluation of Sleep Quality and Pruritus Severity in Psoriatic Patients and Their Impact on Quality of Life: a Cross Section Correlational Study
Source : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-44757-5
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory condition associated with genetic and immunological susceptibility. The objective of the study was to evaluate pruritus and sleep quality in correlation (r) to psoriasis severity...
Researchers demonstrated that patients with sleep problems and comorbid psoriasis and pruritus had a worse overall quality of life in all domains.
Disturbed Sleep Is Associated With Reduced Verbal Episodic Memory and Entorhinal Cortex Volume in Younger Middle-Aged Women With Risk-Reducing Early Ovarian Removal
Source : https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1265470/full
Women with early ovarian removal (<48 years) have an elevated risk for both late-life Alzheimer's disease (AD) and insomnia, a modifiable risk factor. In early midlife, they also show reduced...
This is the first study to demonstrate early midlife sleep disturbance in women with early ovarian removal who are at risk for late-life Alzheimer disease.