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Dario Arnaldi

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Pre-sleep arousal and sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy

2021

Abstract Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly affected daily habits and psychological wellbeing, and many studies point to large modifications in several sleep and sleep-related domains. Nevertheless, pre-sleep arousal during the pandemic has been substantially overlooked. Since hyperarousal represents one of the main factors for the development and the perpetuation of chronic insomnia disorder, the assessment of variables associated with high levels of pre-sleep arousal during the pandemic is clinically relevant. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and predictors of perceived sleep quality and pre-sleep arousal in an Italian sample during the COVID-19 lockdown. Methods We used…

stress depressionCOVID-19 pandemic; Depression; Pre-sleep arousal; Sleep quality; Stress.Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Pre sleep arousalStreSocio-culturaleCOVID-19 pandemicSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioStressArousalCOVID-19 pandemic; Depression; Pre-sleep arousal; Sleep quality; Stress; Arousal; Communicable Disease Control; Humans; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; Sleep; Sleep Quality; Surveys and Questionnaires; COVID-19; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersInsomniamedicineHumansSurveys and QuestionnairePandemicsPre-sleep arousalDepression (differential diagnoses)Sleep qualityPandemicbusiness.industryDepressionSARS-CoV-2COVID-19CognitionGeneral MedicineSleep qualitySleep in non-human animalsCOVID-19 pandemic; sleep quality; pre-sleep arousal; stress depressionCommunicable Disease ControlOriginal Articlemedicine.symptombusinessArousalSleepClinical psychologyHuman
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Twenty-four-hour blood pressure profile in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder

2022

Abstract Study Objectives To determine whether autonomic dysfunction in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) affects circadian blood pressure (BP) profile. Methods Twenty-one iRBD (mean age 68.8 ± 6.4, mean age at onset 62.2 ± 9.3), 21 drug-free de novo Parkinson’s disease (PD) and 21 control participants (HCs), comparable for age and sex, underwent 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring. A prospective follow-up study was performed to evaluate the occurrence of neurodegenerative disorders in the iRBD cohort. Results In the iRBD group, nighttime systolic BP (SBP) was higher (124.0 ± 20.0, p = .026), nocturnal BP decrease lower (4.0 ± 8.7% for SBP and 8.7 ± 8.0% for diastolic BP [DBP], p = .0…

medicine.medical_specialtyAmbulatory blood pressureREM sleep behavior disorderDiastoleAge and sexdipping statusABPM; blood pressure; circadian BP profile; dipping status; parasomnias; REM sleep behavior disorderBlood Pressure MonitoringPhysiology (medical)Internal medicineAmbulatoryABPMmedicineHumansparasomniasProspective StudiesABPM; blood pressure; circadian BP profile; dipping status; parasomnias; REM sleep behavior disorder; Aged; Blood Pressure; Blood Pressure Monitoring Ambulatory; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; REM Sleep Behavior DisorderAgedcircadian BP profileCircadian blood pressurebusiness.industryblood pressureBlood Pressure Monitoring AmbulatoryMiddle AgedControl subjectsBlood pressureCohortCardiologySleep behaviorNeurology (clinical)businessFollow-Up StudiesSleep
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Neurophysiological evaluation of visual function in iRBD: potential role in stratifying RBD conversion risk.

2021

Abstract Study objectives To evaluate neurophysiological alterations of visual function in idiopathic REM sleep Behavior Disorder (iRBD) both as markers and predictors of neurodegenerative disorders. Methods In a longitudinal follow-up study of 46 consecutive iRBD patients (follow-up duration 8.4 ± 3.4 years), the baseline parameters in luminance-contrast pattern (VEPp), red-green color (VEPc) and motion-onset (VEPm) Visual Evoked Potentials in iRBD were compared to early (ePD) and advanced (aPD) Parkinson's Disease subjects. Parameters of latency and amplitude of iRBD converters to neurodegenerative disease were compared with those of the non-converters. Results The VEP P100 mean latency v…

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