Sleep Disorder
The collective term sleep disorder refers to conditions that affect sleep quality, timing, or duration and impact a person’s ability to properly function while they are awake. These disorders can contribute to other medical problems, and some may also be symptoms for underlying mental health issues.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW204
Diagnosis: Sleep Disorder
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Age Onset: children and adults
Brain Area: hippocampus-plaque increases lead to cell death
Symptoms: A “blanket term” for insomnia, apnea, narcolepsy, hypersomnia, sleepwalking, night terrors and sleeping sickness
Progression: sleep-disordered breathing, restless legs syndrome, bruxism-tooth grinding, sleep paralysis, shift-work
Causes: increased medication, changes in circadian rhythm, physiological problems, stress, traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s, allergies
Medications: for narcolepsy use modifinil
Therapies: hypnosis, music-inducing relaxation
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
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- Association Between Sleep Duration and Sleep Disorder Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and Stroke Among Adults in the United Statesby Jun Wang on July 3, 2022
BACKGROUND We aimed to explore the association between sleep duration and sleep disorder variables obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and stroke. MATERIAL AND METHODS This cross-sectional study enrolled 10 442 participants from the United States. The outcome variable was stroke diagnosed by a doctor. Sleep disorder variables were assessed via self-report questionnaires and included sleep duration, the time required to fall asleep, frequency of sleep...
- Sleep Disturbance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross Sectional Studyby D K Kundu on July 3, 2022
Sleep problems are commonly seen in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). According to previous research, sensory problems and anxiety may be related to the development and maintenance of sleep problems in children with ASD. To determine pattern and severity sleep disturbance in children with autism spectrum disorder. This descriptive cross sectional study was done in Institute of Paediatric Neuro-disorder and Autism (IPNA) and Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib...
- Healthcare utilization and comorbidity shortly before suicide mortality in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a nested case-control studyby Wan-Chen Lee on July 3, 2022
Few studies have analyzed healthcare utilization before suicide among individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study examined the pattern of healthcare utilization and comorbidities shortly before death among patients with ADHD who died by suicide and compared these data with those of living controls. This study used Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database to identify patients with ADHD (N = 379,440) between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2016....
- Sleep disturbances and behavior in Smith-Magenis syndromeby Elena Garayzábal on July 2, 2022
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The worse the sleep disturbances investigated, the more severe the behavioral problems characteristics reinforcing the importance to address the sleep problems in the treatment of SMS individuals.