Active clinical trials for "Sleep Wake Disorders"

Sleep is a vital physiological function for the maintenance of health and quality of life. Harmful, non-nutritive and parafunctional oral habits are believed to have a negative effect on adequate rest at night. The aim of the present study was to determine associations between quality of sleep and harmful oral habits among children aged three to six years. Fifty children from a private school in São Paulo (Brazil) were evaluated using two questionnaires on sleep quality and harmful oral habits. The data were submitted to descriptive analysis. The chi-square test was employed for the categorical variables and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out to compare mean values. The Student's t-test was used for all analyses, with the significance level set at 5%. The SPSS 12.0 program for Windows was used to analyze the results.

The primary aim of this study is assessing physical activity, the quality of sleep and health related quality of life in children with cerebral palsy, and parenting stress of caregivers of the children with cerebral palsy in Korea.

The purpose of this observational study is to give an overview of the use of PASCONAL NERVENTROPFEN in a 2-4 week treatment of nervous diseases, especially sleep disorders due to nervousness.

The investigators will examine whether sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are related to alterations in the production of melatonin (MT), a hormone that plays an important role in regulating sleep-wake cycle. Children with ASD experience high rates of sleep disturbances that potentially contribute to problems with thinking and behavior. It is unclear if changes in MT production cause sleep problems in children with ASD. MT is frequently used to treat these sleep problems; however, it has not been well established whether MT is an effective treatment. Our hypotheses concerning MT is children with ASD and sleep problems will have a delayed sleep-wake cycle and/or decreased MT production. This study will compare children diagnosed with ASD to "healthy" control children with no ASD diagnosis. All subjects will be recruited from one of three sites: Baylor College of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University and Columbia University. The investigators will use a standardized questionnaire to determine whether the child has sleep problems. The investigators will measure MT levels in saliva in ASD children with sleep problems and in a group of control children without sleep problems. Total 24-hour MT production will be determined from urine samples in these same two groups.

RATIONALE: Studying quality of life in cancer survivors may help determine the long-term effects of breast cancer and may help improve the quality of life for future cancer survivors. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the quality of life in African-American or Caucasian female breast cancer survivors.

The study will be conducted during the period of, January 2019 - August 2019 with pre-diabetic participants on a NHS England funded National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) with a clinically diagnosed Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) referral reading of between 42mmol/mol - 47mmol/mol within the last 12 months. The term pre-diabetic can all be used to explain blood glucose levels that are higher than normal, but not high enough for participants to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Having high blood glucose levels can increase a participant's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and other health complications, although this is not inevitable. 100 participants will take part in the study. Participants will be eligible if they are aged between 18 and 65 years and have an HbA1c referral reading of between 42-47mmol/mol within the last 12 months. The participants will be given a written consent form to sign to take part in the study, after receiving both written and verbal information beforehand on the study protocol from the researcher. Health screening to determine eligibility for the NHS funded program will be undertaken directly by the intervention provider. Study design and procedures: The study will be delivered in a controlled format and will be designed to assess the relationship between the elevation of HbA1c level, sleep quality and sleep duration in clinically diagnosed pre-diabetic participants referred and registered to join the NHS NDPP. Participants will receive a pre-program information pack in conjunction with a sleep quality and sleep duration questionnaire at the end of their 1:1 initial appointments for the NHS NDPP. Participants will be given prepaid envelopes to send their anonymised questionnaires back to the researcher once completed after their appointments. The researcher will ensure confidentiality by keeping all questionnaires in a securely combination coded locked cupboard that only the researcher has access to. Participants will be instructed to not write their names on the questionnaires but to only state their gender, age, and referral HbA1c reading received from the relevant health care professional.

The DELPhi system is a software device that is used for the noninvasive evaluation of brain plasticity and connectivity. The DELPhi software uses EEG and TMS devices as accessories. Standard electro-physiological acquisition is performed using TMS to evoke regional neuronal potentials measured as EEG data. TMS-EEG data is analyzed with regards to conventional, well established characteristics of neuronal network plasticity and connectivity.

A longitudinal study to examine the relationships among sleep characteristics, stress, and child behavior problems in a community sample of toddlers (12-24 months- ages 12-15 months at enrollment) living in socioeconomically disadvantaged homes

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common form of sleep disordered breathing characterized by partial or complete upper airway obstructions during sleep. OSA is associated with major comorbidities and perioperative complications. These complications are caused not only by the OSA itself, but also by exacerbations of this syndrome during the perioperative period (1). Benzodiazepines, volatile anesthetics and opioids may lead to lower hypoxia and hypercapnia sensitivity and may cause respiratory depression (2-5). Therefore, preference of neuraxial blockades and avoidance of opioids has been suggested for patients with OSA (6). However, there is still lack of evidence to evaluate the effects of various anesthesia procedures on OSA (6,7). We hypothesize different anesthetic procedures will have different effect on OSA exacerbations in the postoperative period. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to compare the number of sleep disordered breathing episodes in the postoperative period in patients with different anesthetic procedures.

Studies have shown that schedules that most disrupt the normal circadian rhythm have the most harmful consequences. Firefighters positive for a sleep disorder have a higher risk of depression and anxiety; they report more traffic accidents, falling asleep during driving, and worth health felt. Furthermore, some studies suggest that sleep disorders are risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This activity is responsible of a worth quality of sleep that could induce a lower effectiveness of emergency response. The consequences of this schedules on sleep and health of French firemen have never been studied.