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Toward Better Nights: Sleep Hygiene, Depression, Pain, and Insomnia in Geriatric Palliative Veterans
Insomnia is common among older adults receiving palliative care, yet the role of sleep hygiene in insomnia severity remains unclear. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 76 older veterans receiving outpatient palliative care (mean age,…
Read full source →Esketamine during anesthesia induction improves early postoperative sleep quality in female patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: A randomized trial
CONCLUSION: Administration of 0.3 mg/kg esketamine during anesthesia induction reduces opioid consumption, improves early postoperative sleep quality, and decreases sleep disturbance incidence in female laparoscopic patients without increasing adverse event risks.
Read full source →Sama Vritti Pranayama breathing exercise on sleep disturbance and fatigue among hemodialysis patients: A quasi-experimental study
CONCLUSION: A 2-month Sama Vritti pranayama breathing exercise can effectively reduce insomnia severity and minimize fatigue score of hemodialysis patients. Therefore, this breathing exercise as a feasible practice should be recommended for hemodialysis patients to…
Read full source →Lifestyle Mediates the Associations of Social Media and Smartphone Use Addiction with Sleep Quality and Mental Health Problems in Adults: An Exploratory Study
CONCLUSION: Lifestyle behaviors statistically mediated the associations of social media or smartphone use addiction with poor sleep quality, anxiety, and depression. Although causal inferences cannot be made, these findings suggest that lifestyle practices may be…
Read full source →Arc Expression in the Dentate Gyrus of F344 Rats Across the Sleep-Wake Cycle
The Arc gene is rapidly expressed in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus during learning and is essential for long-term memory formation. Although memory consolidation, which occurs predominantly during sleep, depends on Arc, previous studies…
Read full source →Resting-State Heart Rate Variability and Symptom-Level Conditional Associations in Hospitalized Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Network Analysis
CONCLUSION: Item-level network analysis identified closely connected pain and psychological symptom patterns, whereas short-term PPG-derived HRV showed sparse and weak direct network connectivity with clinical symptoms. Sleep-related bridging was partly attributable to overlapping insomnia content.…
Read full source →Glycemic burden during nocturnal sleep in patients with sleep bruxism across sleep stages
CONCLUSION: Sleep bruxism was associated with higher nocturnal glycemic burden, particularly during non-rapid eye movement sleep, but causality and independence from confounding require confirmation.
Read full source →Efficacy of the 'Quarter-of-an-Hour-Rule' Single Instruction Derived from Stimulus Control Therapy for Insomnia: A Pragmatic Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Trial
CONCLUSIONS: The QHR, a simple and brief derivative of SCT, appears efficacious for insomnia on pre-post analysis. Longer-term clinical effectiveness studies on the QHR(Out) and QHR(In) protocols appear warranted. Experimental investigation of how the QHR…
Read full source →Multi-omics, machine learning, and molecular simulation identify CD44 as a candidate target in endocrine-disrupting chemical-associated thyroid cancer progression
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are widely present in the environment and consumer products and may disturb thyroid hormone homeostasis. However, the molecular mechanisms linking EDC exposure to thyroid cancer progression remain unclear. This study integrated toxicity…
Read full source →Electroencephalogram derived sleep microarchitecture in patients with interstitial lung disease and obstructive sleep apnea
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with ILD-OSA demonstrate differences in EEG-derived sleep microarchitecture compared with non-ILD OSA patients, particularly in spindle dynamics. These findings suggest that quantitative EEG may provide additional insights into sleep neurophysiology in ILD that…
Read full source →Association between the Timing of Seafood, EPA, DHA Consumption and Sleep Pattern: A Cross-Sectional Study
Seafood, which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), is reported to be associated with sleep. Animal studies have suggested that these fatty acids influence circadian clock…
Read full source →Interval-Based Aerobic Exercise and Behavioral Intervention for Sleep Disturbances in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Sleep disturbances affect 40%-80% of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and are associated with impaired attention and daytime functioning. We conducted a preliminary randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of a short-term interval-based…
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