Enright et al., "Daytime
sleepiness predicts mortality and cardiovascular disease in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study Research Group," Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol.
Sensation of
sleepiness is the physiological drive that promotes the onset of sleep and can be measured objectively by multiple sleep latency test or subjectively using psychometric instruments.
Subjective Measure-Karolinska
Sleepiness Scale (KSS) Volunteers rated their subjective
sleepiness using Karolinska
Sleepiness Scale (KSS) before vibration exposure, every 5-minutes of vibration and after vibration exposure.
To the best of our knowledge, no publications concerning the relationship between the self-perceived
sleepiness and the quality of life of academic physicians are available, including no publications concerning
sleepiness in Turkish academics.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Epworth
Sleepiness Scale.
Collectively, they contribute to the increase in daytime
sleepiness frequently found in PD patients.
The primary objective was to identify at least one dose of E2006 that could provide a satisfactory balance of sleep efficiency (total sleep time as a proportion of time in bed) and next-day residual
sleepiness. 291 patients with insomnia disorder were randomized to receive 1 of 6 doses of E2006 (1 mg, 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 25 mg) or placebo for 15 days.
students get top score for
sleepiness. Education Week, p.
Critical care nurses and their employers must acknowledge the effect of fatigue, sleep deprivation and excessive daytime
sleepiness on clinical performance and patient outcomes and must engage in strategies to mitigate these impairments.
The investigators note that neither the degree of daytime
sleepiness nor insomnia accurately predicted the severity of obstructive sleep apnea they identified in these patients and that six of the 17 individuals diagnosed were female, not obese and reporting insomnia rather than classic daytime
sleepiness.
Daniel Rhon, D.Sc., from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, and colleagues assessed pain intensity, disability (Oswestry Disability Index), and
sleepiness (Epworth
Sleepiness Scale) in 757 consecutive patients with LBP participating in a self-management class at a large U.S.
Establishing a diagnosis of hypersomnia--recurrent episodes of excessive daytime
sleepiness (EDS) or prolonged nighttime sleep--requires a stepwise assessment.
THE FOOD AND DRUG Admin istration has approved solriamfetol (Sunosi) for the treatment of excessive daytime
sleepiness in patients with narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea.
Biopharmaceutical company Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq:JAZZ) revealed on Wednesday the receipt of approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Sunosi (solriamfetol) to improve wakefulness in adult patients with excessive daytime
sleepiness associated with narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
