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Daytime symptoms in restless legs syndrome – An underestimated problem?
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is typically characterized by unpleasant sensations in the limbs, often the lower limbs, and associated with an urge to move them. Since the historic description by Ekbom ...
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Paul Christian Baier
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121-122
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Move over LOCF: Principled methods for handling missing data in sleep disorder trials
Abstract: Missing data, e.g. patient attrition, are endemic in sleep disorder clinical trials. Common approaches for dealing with this situation include complete-case analysis (CCA) and last observati...
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Maren K. Olsen,
Karen M. Stechuchak,
Jack D. Edinger,
Christi S. Ulmer,
Robert F. Woolson
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123-132
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Efficacy and safety of doxepin 6 mg in a four-week outpatient trial of elderly adults with chronic primary insomnia
Abstract: Introduction: The efficacy and safety of doxepin (DXP), a histamine H1 receptor antagonist, was evaluated in elderly adults with sleep maintenance insomnia. Methods: This was a randomized, d...
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Alan Lankford,
Roberta Rogowski,
Beal Essink,
Elizabeth Ludington,
H. Heith Durrence,
Thomas Roth
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133-138
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Sleep duration pattern and chronic diseases in Brazilian adults (ISACAMP, 2008/09)
Abstract: Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess sleep patterns in the adult population of the city of Campinas (Brazil) according to socioeconomic/demographic variables, chronic diseas...
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Margareth Guimarães Lima,
Priscila Maria S. Bergamo Francisco,
Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros
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139-144
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Sleep duration and hypercholesterolaemia: Results from the National Health Interview Survey 2008
Abstract: Background: Previous studies have shown an inconsistent association between sleep duration and hypercholesterolaemia. This study examined the association between sleep duration and hyperchol...
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Charumathi Sabanayagam,
Anoop Shankar
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145-150
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Breakthrough symptoms during the daytime in patients with restless legs syndrome (Willis-Ekbom disease)
Abstract: Background: It is often assumed that most patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) only experience symptoms at night. However, previous studies have estimated the prevalence of daytime sym...
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D. Tzonova,
O. Larrosa,
E. Calvo,
J.J. Granizo,
A.-M. Williams,
Y. de la Llave,
D. García-Borreguero
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151-155
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Effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure on panic disorder comorbid with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Abstract: Backgrounds: Both obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and panic disorder (PD) are common disorders that often coexist. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been established as ...
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Yoshikazu Takaesu,
Yuichi Inoue,
Yoko Komada,
Tatsuo Kagimura,
Makio Iimori
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156-160
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Effect of three weeks of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on mood in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: A randomized placebo-controlled study
Abstract: Background: Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) commonly have mood symptoms such as depression and anxiety. However, the results of randomized controlled trials on the therapeutic e...
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In-Soo Lee,
Wayne Bardwell,
Sonia Ancoli-Israel,
Jose S. Loredo,
Joel E. Dimsdale
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161-166
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Melatonin concentration as a marker of the circadian phase in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea
Abstract: Objective: The effects of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) on the markers of glucose metabolism and other hormones are of interest, particularly since there is growing evidence that OSA may be...
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Ioannis Papaioannou,
Gillian L. Twigg,
Michael Kemp,
Michael Roughton,
James Hooper,
Mary J. Morrell,
Michael I. Polkey
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167-171
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Barriers to treatment of paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea: Development of the adherence barriers to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) questionnaire
Abstract: Background: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment is often prescribed for youth as a treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Efficacy research in youth is limited, thoug...
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Stacey L. Simon,
Christina L. Duncan,
David M. Janicke,
Mary H. Wagner
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172-177
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REM and NREM sleep-state distribution of respiratory events in habitually snoring school-aged community children
Abstract: Background: Studies ascribe different functions to rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, such that their disruption could result in discrepant clinical outcomes. ...
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Karen Spruyt,
David Gozal
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178-184
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Infant sleep and early parental sleep-related cognitions predict sleep in pre-school children
Abstract: Objective: To investigate early predictors of sleep patterns in pre-school age children. Specifically, we were interested in exploring whether infant sleep patterns and parenting factors ass...
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Liat Tikotzky,
Lee Shaashua
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185-192
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Prevalence and correlates of delayed sleep phase in high school students
Abstract: Purpose: To investigate prevalence and correlates of delayed sleep phase, characterized by problems falling asleep in the evening and rising at adequate times in the morning, in a large samp...
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Ingvild W. Saxvig,
Ståle Pallesen,
Ane Wilhelmsen-Langeland,
Helge Molde,
Bjørn Bjorvatn
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193-199
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Quality of life in patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy, narcolepsy without cataplexy, and idiopathic hypersomnia without long sleep time: Comparison between patients on psychostimulants, drug-naïve patients and the general Japanese population
Abstract: Objective: To assess the quality of life of patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy (NA–CA), narcolepsy without cataplexy (NA w/o CA), and idiopathic hypersomnia without long sleep time (IHS...
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Akiko Ozaki,
Yuichi Inoue,
Kenichi Hayashida,
Toru Nakajima,
Makoto Honda,
Akira Usui,
Yoko Komada,
Mina Kobayashi,
Kiyohisa Takahashi
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200-206
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The Spanish version of the Insomnia Severity Index: A confirmatory factor analysis
Abstract: Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and to determine its factor structure with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). M...
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Julio Fernandez-Mendoza,
Alfredo Rodriguez-Muñoz,
Antonio Vela-Bueno,
Sara Olavarrieta-Bernardino,
Susan L. Calhoun,
Edward O. Bixler,
Alexandros N. Vgontzas
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Young-onset REM sleep behavior disorder: Beyond the antidepressant effect
We read with interest the recent paper by Ju et al. on the comparison of early-onset REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) (age <50) to late onset cases . Albeit limited by the retrospective design, th...
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S.P. Lam,
S.X. Li,
Vincent Mok,
Y.K. Wing
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RBD and antidepressants
We appreciate the letter from Dr. Lam and colleagues, particularly for alerting readers to their 2010 study , which regrettably was published after the submission of our publication, Changing demograp...
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Yo-El Ju,
Linda Larson-Prior,
Stephen Duntley
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211-212
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Helicobacter pylori may play a role in both obstructive sleep apnea and metabolic syndrome
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Christos Stergiopoulos,
Jannis Kountouras,
Euphemia Daskalopoulou-Vlachoyianni,
Stergios A. Polyzos,
Christos Zavos,
Emmanuel Vlachoyiannis,
Stamatia Kokkali,
Georgia Deretzi,
Nikolaos Kapetanakis,
Panagiotis Katsinelos,
Emmanuel Gavalas
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What is cause and what is effect?
We would like to thank Prof. Kountouras and co-workers for their interest in our article . Kountouras et al. raise the question whether Helicobacter pylori infection (Hp-I) could be a potential confou...
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Jenny Theorell-Haglöw,
Christian Berne,
Christer Janson,
Eva Lindberg
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Desaturation during sleep in mild to moderate COPD: A marker of poor sleep quality alone?
In their interesting and well conducted study on sleep profiles and symptoms of sleep disorders in COPD patients, Valipour et al. found new evidence that nocturnal desaturation is significantly linked...
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Paulo T. Mueller
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Hypoxemia and cardiovascular disease in COPD. Not related to sleep disordered breathing after all
Dr. Mueller raised an important point with respect to the potential relationship between sleep disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease in patients with COPD. Referring to findings from their o...
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Arschang Valipour,
Otto Chris Burghuber
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