Insomnia is one of the sleep-wake disorders and affects millions on a daily basis. Individuals affected by insomnia can have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, and/or having non-restorative sleep. According to the American Psychiatric Association, insomnia symptoms are reported by one-third of all adults and 10-15% of those adults experience daytime impairments related to insomnia while 6-10% of them actually meet the criteria for insomnia disorder (2013, p. 364-365). The occurrence of insomnia
Specifically, veterans may face challenges functioning in important relationships that they had pre deployment. The study has also found an association between PTSD severity and an increased number of family functioning problems, The more POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 4 severe the symptoms of PTSD the more difficult the readjustment to their pre deployment life is some of the difficulties of readjustment are reported to be concerns
(2014) states that there needs to be a serious effort to control noise in order to reduce the negative impact on patients and staff. A correlational quantitative design was used for this study Ahmed and Tembhurkar (2014) testing the relationship between noise level and hospital location. As far as threats to validity, the noise measurement device was calibrated before each use. Data was collected at the same time, as well as, time period for each sampling location (Ahmed & Tembhurkar, 2014). The
analysis to examine the relationship between the amount of time spent on a touchscreen device and the quality and the amount of sleep the child gets. The results highlighted a significant relationship between the length of time toddlers spent using a touchscreen device, and their quality of sleep. Cheung et al. (2017) would therefore suggest that toddlers who have increased contact with touchscreen media, would sleep less at night and have a decreased quality of sleep. Cheung et al. (2017) highlight that
discussed models and hypotheses are important in understanding the foundation of sleep disturbances and the multifactorial nature of insomnia. However, it is imperative to also acknowledge the age-related changes that effect sleep architecture and sleep patterns in older adults. The medical field has defined individuals over the age of 65 as elderly, and those over the age of 75 as geriatric. Many changes involving how sleep is initiated and maintained occur throughout the lifespan. Subjective inquiries
Sleeping Problems in Children If you ask all the parents in the world about the cutest moment of their baby, the most common answers should be while the baby is sleeping. However, young children may demonstrate a variety of difficulties related to sleep. Millions of parent’s sleeping schedule are disordered by those lovely little nightmares. In this Inquiry essay, I have chosen to write about that what may cause sleeping problems on infants that also affect the parents. In the meantime, I will introduce
in 5 community clinics in Tianjin, China, where 273 residents ages 45-75 were studied and all diagnosed with pre-hypertension to mild hypertension, and pre-diabetes to diabetes. The lifestyle intervention these subjects performed over a three month period of time was called Zhiji management. This program was delivered by trained health care professionals and designed to improve the quality of food eaten, and increase realistic exercise options. In comparison, the control group received the normal
Quantitative Research Article Debra Benton Grand Canyon University Introduction to Nursing Research NRS 433V August 26, 2012 Research Critique, Part 2: Critique of Quantitative Research Article The population who are diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) often experience daytime drowsiness and are at risk for ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, hypertension, and other vascular related problems (Hsu et al., 2007). There are several treatment options for people with OSA, which are weight
Title: Association of “non-invasive sub-clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) assessment tools” with sleep duration and sleep quality. A systematic review 1. INTRODUCTION Sleep is essential to life, and it is estimated that humans spend one third of their lifetime sleeping 1. An estimated 50-70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders, yet only 20% report it to their physicians. Poor sleep may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and has serious biological consequences 2. A growing
Why Is Sleep So Important? 1. Introduction Sleep is a biological fact of life that often does not receive the greatest amount of attention and priority. Understanding the causes of why some individuals, and even societies, choose not to have adequate amounts of sleep leads to inconsistent results. However, the consequences of not getting enough of sleep are worth noting. While some individuals choose to sacrifice the amount of sleep they have on a regular basis, others do not have that choice and