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Examination and treatment of sleep-related painful erections--a case report.
1989
The case of a patient with sleep-related painful erections is described. Insomnia and a slight depressive syndrome occurred along with a long history of this disorder. No physical abnormality was found. At a baseline recording of sleep electroencephalography (EEG) and nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT), a disturbed sleep pattern and impaired NPT were recorded. Attempts to treat the disorder with diazepam, amitriptyline, trimipramine, and biperidene did not prompt a stable improvement of the disorder, but a dosage of 25 mg clozapine was sufficient to achieve normalized sleep architecture, remission of the depressive symptomatology, and normalization of NPT. It is likely that marked sedation i…
Nurses experience of aromatherapy use with dementia patients experiencing disturbed sleep patterns. An action research project
2013
The purpose of this study was to gain an insight into nurses' experiences of incorporating aromatherapy into the care of residents suffering from dementia, anxiety and disturbed sleep patterns. Twenty-four residents and twelve nurses from four nursing homes participated in an action research study. The use of lavender augustofolia essential oil diffused nightly was perceived as an effective care modality reducing insomnia and anxiety in this patient cohort. Nurses experienced some negative attitudes among colleagues because they considered aromatherapy as not evidence based. Nurses require greater access to evidence based use of Aromatherapy. Further research is needed to study how smell ca…
How Are Adolescents Sleeping? Adolescent Sleep Patterns and Sociodemographic Differences in 24 European and North American Countries
2020
© 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
2020
Abstract Purpose Insufficient and poor sleep patterns are common among adolescents worldwide. Up to now, the evidence on adolescent sleep has been mostly informed by country-specific studies that used different measures and age groups, making direct comparisons difficult. Cross-national data on adolescent sleep that could inform nations and international discussions are lacking. We examined the sleep patterns of adolescents across 24 countries and by gender, age, and affluence groups. Methods We obtained sleep data on 165,793 adolescents (mean age 13.5 years; 50.5% girls) in 24 European and North American countries from the recent cross-sectional Health Behaviour in School-aged Children sur…
Miega higiēna pusaudžiem Latvijā
2018
Mērķis: Šī pētījuma mērķis ir izvērtēt miega higiēnas paradumus Latvijas pusaudžu vidū un analizēt faktorus, kas ietekmē jauniešu miega higiēnu. Izmantotās metodes: Piecās Latvijas skolās tika veikts iedzīvotāju šķērsgriezuma pētījums. Pusaudžiem tika lūgts aizpildīt anketu par miega higiēnas indeksu (SHI), un tā parametri tika novērtēti attiecībā uz svara procentīli, vecumu, dzimumu un miega kvalitātes pašnovērtējumu. Statistikā analīze tika veikta, izmantojot SPSS programmatūru ar būtiskuma slieksni p < 0.05. Lai pārbaudītu hipotēzes, tika veikts neatkarīgs izlases veida t-tests, dispersijas analīze ar Post-hoc testu, hī kvadrāta tests, Šapīro-Vilka tests un tika izmantots Pīrsona korelāc…