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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"Actigraphy."”.
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Putting the focus on sleep quality: subjective sleep measures, actigraphy and brain correlates in ageing
Sleep is a multidimensional phenomenon with a relevant role in the maintenance of organism homeostasis, overall well-being and optimal cognitive function. Throughout the lifespan, changes in sleep dimensions occur, namely on its timing, duration, architecture and quality. In what concerns to sleep …
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Sleep Characteristics in Breastfeeding and Formula-Feeding Mothers
… St.Mary's Hospital Sleep Questionnaire, wrist actigraphy, home polysomnography, and baseline measures: demographics, previous sleep patterns and factors impacting sleep. MANCOVA comparing the sleep architecture characteristics of light sleep, deep sleep, and REM sleep while controlling for age, …
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Hypomanic Personality and Sleep
… who had completed the HPS and had either a 7-day actigraphy recording or a Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) assessment. In addition, subjects had to be free of confounding diseases or medications. This resulted in 771 subjects for actigraphy and 1766 for PSQI analyses. We found strong …
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The Association between Symptoms of Autoimmune Diseases and Circadian Clock Disruption: A Pilot Study Using Only Healthy Controls
… symptomologies, circadian clock, chronotype and actigraphy were utilized to measure direct correlations. MS cognitive dysfunction was correlated with fatigue and sleep (r = 0.95, 0.93, 0.92). SS dryness was also correlated with fatigue and sleep (r = 0.89, 0.77, 0.82). SS fatigue had correlations …
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Exercise and activity patterns in cancer patients after recent allogeneic bone marrow transplatation
… peripheral stem cell transplant patients using actigraphy, and to describe through a series of case reports changes in physical performance, activity patterns and quality of life during participation in a supervised or a self-directed exercise program. Forty-four (44) patients with a primary …
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Effects of dry needling and therapeutic exercise on sleep in individuals with chronic neck pain and sleep disturbance: A pilot randomized clinical trial
… included total sleep duration using wrist actigraphy, sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), pain severity using the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), and disability level using the Neck Disability Index (NDI). Sleep duration was collected four times: at baseline …
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Exercise and activity patterns in cancer patients after recent allogeneic bone marrow transplatation
… peripheral stem cell transplant patients using actigraphy, and to describe through a series of case reports changes in physical performance, activity patterns and quality of life during participation in a supervised or a self-directed exercise program. Forty-four (44) patients with a primary …
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Cognitive consequences of sleep deprivation, shift work, and heat exposure for underground miner
… in elevated temperatures is currently unknown. Actigraphy and psychomotor vigilance data were collected from nineteen underground miners over 28 consecutive days. Core body temperature data was also gathered during four scheduled work shifts. Participants experienced shortened sleep durations …
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The effects of an evening structured problem-solving procedure in undergraduate college students with insomnia
… on somatic arousal, anxiety, Sleep Diary or actigraphy sleep variables. Suggestions for future investigations, and potential implications for the treatment of insomnia are discussed.
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Sleep Disruption in Cognitive and Occupational Functioning in Bipolar Disorder
… of sleep disruption via self-report and actigraphy. At the culmination of the sleep assessment period, all participants were administered a battery of neuropsychological tests of executive functioning, working memory, verbal learning, and attention. Additionally, participants completed …
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Integration of daylighting and building design for human health and well-being
… health and well-being of office workers. Sleep actigraphy data and health and well-being related surveys were set as the main output indicators in this study. Office workers participating in the experiment were largely composed of participants from the United States and South Korea, each divided …
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SLEEPING PATTERNS OF YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS DURING THE COMPETITIVE SEASON
… established field measures of sleep (Wristwatch actigraphy, sleep diary and Firstbeat bodyguard heart rate system). The relationships between the WS and the other sleep devices, indicated strong to very strong correlations (r > 0.6) and no significant differences between a range of outputs; total …
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Bright light therapy and the circadian rhythms : the effects of bright light therapy on the circadian rhythms in healthy young adults
… of brightness. Participants were measured with actigraphy monitors for four days, participants wore the BLT glasses for 30 minutes each morning for three weeks, then they wore the monitors again for four days. The results showed a statistical difference between groups on several measurements …
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The quarter of an hour rule: a simplified cognitive-behavioural intervention for insomnia improves sleep
… was investigated and the possibility of using actigraphy to measure adherence objectively was explored. Prior to the randomised controlled trial (primary study), two preliminary studies were conducted. The first preliminary study aimed at determining the optimal cut-off to represent normalcy in …
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Sleep intraindividual variability and fatigue in parents of children on the autism spectrum
… current study used two weeks of objective sleep (actigraphy) and subjective fatigue data from 81 parents and their children to examine the associations between IIV of parent sleep variables and parent average daily fatigue, as mediated by IIV of child sleep variables. Sleep IIV was estimated using …
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The Sleep, Inhibition, and Performance (SIP) study: An ERP investigation of sleep, stress, and response inhibition in early childhood
… this study, which assessed sleep assessment via actigraphy, sleep diaries, and questionnaires. SES and stress were measured through caregiver reports. IC was assessed with a continuous 64-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) recording during an auditory oddball-Go/No-Go task. Primary outcomes …
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Using an extended theory of planned behaviour to investigate sleep impaired driving
… and elderly adults established the validity of actigraphy to reliably differentiate periods of sleep and wake. After identifying the accessible beliefs underlying each specific behaviour and constructing questionnaires tailored to each age group and behaviour, the main study was conducted. Two …
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An exploration of emotional distress and sleep in a stroke rehabilitation setting
… rehabilitation. Experience sampling methods and actigraphy were utilised in this study. Twenty participants were recruited and took part in the study for an average of seven days. A multi level model analysis was used to explore the data. Results indicate that sleep efficiency, low mood and pain …
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