Published in Sleep medicine
Sleep, physical activity and sedentary time are all known to play a role in cardiometabolic health. Compositional data analysis (CoDA) enables us to examine associations between 24-h use of time and health outcomes. Data were collected in the Child Health CheckPoint study, a one-off national population-cohort study conducted between February 2015 a...
Published in Sleep medicine
Published in Sleep medicine
Nightmares are extremely unpleasant and vivid recurring dreams that are accompanied with awakening during sleep. However, earlier studies were mostly conducted with children and adults, with very few studies on nightmares in older adults. This population-based study aims to investigate the prevalence of nightmares and its associated factors nightma...
Published in Sleep medicine
We investigated the moderation of caloric intake on the association between race/ethnicity and habitual sleep in adolescents. We analyzed the data obtained from 324 adolescents who completed the follow-up examination of the Penn State Child Cohort study. We collected actigraphy-measured sleep duration on 7 consecutive nights and computed their mean...
Published in Sleep medicine
Published in Sleep medicine
This study aims to identify structural and functional craniofacial characteristics that correlate with higher incidence of 'probable' sleep bruxism in children. From March 2018 until March 2019, a cross-sectional clinical study was performed with ninety-six healthy children ages 6-12 years who presented for routine dental examination at the UCLA pe...
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It is well-established that sleep regulates immune functions. Immunological functions are dependent on circadian rhythms and regular sleep as both have an impact on the magnitude of immune responses following antigenic challenge (eg, in vaccination). Here we investigated whether nocturnal shift work can influence post-vaccination response. Thirty-f...
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Co-occurring insomnia and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress pose difficult diagnostic and treatment decisions for clinicians. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) is the recommended first-line insomnia treatment, however symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress may reduce the effectiveness of CBTi. We examined the effect of...
Published in Sleep medicine
Published in Sleep medicine
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is highly prevalent after stroke and is associated with poor outcomes. Currently, after stroke, objective testing must be used to differentiate patients with and without SDB. Within a large, population-based study, we evaluated the usefulness of a flexible statistical model based on baseline characteristics to predi...
