Sara Sarrafi Zadeh; Khyrunnisa Begum
Volume 1, Issue 2 , June 2018, , Pages 35-44
Abstract
Sleep disorders are very prevalent in the general population and are associated with significant medical, psychological, and social disturbances. A multidimensional approach is recommended for its assessment covering sleep hygiene measures, psychotherapy, and medication. The parasomnias, including sleepwalking, ...
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Sleep disorders are very prevalent in the general population and are associated with significant medical, psychological, and social disturbances. A multidimensional approach is recommended for its assessment covering sleep hygiene measures, psychotherapy, and medication. The parasomnias, including sleepwalking, night terrors, and nightmares, have benign implications in childhood but often reflect psychopathology or significant stress in adolescents and adults and organicity in the elderly. Excessive daytime sleepiness is typically the most frequent complaint and often reflects organic dysfunction. Narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia are chronic brain disorders with an onset at young age, whereas sleep apnea is more common in middle age and is associated with obesity and cardiovascular problems. Therapeutic naps, medications, and supportive therapy are recommended for narcolepsy and hypersomnia; continuous positive airway pressure, weight loss, surgery, and oral devices are common treatments for sleep apnea. There is a need for identifying the association of sleep and general health so as to provide a better and safe mechanism of management of insomnia since the pharmacological therapy adds the risk of side effects and addiction problems. The data is collected based on the internet search and papers submitted in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Sleep assessment is vital to physical and mental health. Having difficulty in getting proper sleep could be the base of initiation of many health problems According to our study in this article we suggest the importance of sleep to be measured and evaluated by the health care system for the individuals whether in hospitals or institutes or any organization.
Sara Sarrafi Zadeh; Khyrunnisa Begum
Volume 1, Issue 1 , March 2018, , Pages 47-53
Abstract
Inadequate sleep has been recognized as a risk factor for health status and quality of life. Fatigue due to improper sleep is a major cause for the poor quality of life. Evidence show the quality of sleep affects all the parameters of quality of life assessment such as physical health, social health, ...
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Inadequate sleep has been recognized as a risk factor for health status and quality of life. Fatigue due to improper sleep is a major cause for the poor quality of life. Evidence show the quality of sleep affects all the parameters of quality of life assessment such as physical health, social health, functional health and psychological health. In general, assessing the global impact of sleep on health-related quality of life (HRQL) is necessary because this factor is always left behind in medical assessment and medical history of an individual. In general, this article is a review on sleep quality and its effect on health status, medical condition of people, psychiatric disorders and occupational status of individuals. The data is collected based on the internet search and papers submitted in PubMed and google scholar. Sleep status is vital to physical and mental health. Measuring the quality of sleep and its effect on individual’s life is very much important in assessing the health status of people. According to our study in this article, we suggest the importance of sleep to be measured and evaluated by the health care system for the individuals whether in hospitals or institutes or any organization.
