Job stress and poor sleep quality: data from an American sample of full-time workers

HK Knudsen, LJ Ducharme, PM Roman - Social science & medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
Given the associations between poor quality sleep and health, it is important to consider
whether job stressors are related to sleep-related outcomes. Studies from Europe and Japan …

Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders in traumatic brain injury

RJ Castriotta, MC Wilde, JM Lai, S Atanasov… - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Determine prevalence and consequences of sleepiness and sleep
disorders after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: Prospective evaluation with …

Sleep-disordered breathing and psychomotor vigilance in a community-based sample

H Kim, DF Dinges, T Young - Sleep, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objective: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been associated with
impaired psychomotor vigilance performance in patients with sleep apnea patients. A bias …

Hypersomnia following traumatic brain injury

NF Watson, S Dikmen, J Machamer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence and natural history of sleepiness following
traumatic brain injury. Methods: This prospective cohort study used the Sickness Impact …

Daytime changes in postural stability and repeatability of posturographic measurements

P Forsman, E Haeggström, A Wallin… - … of occupational and …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Daytime sleepiness correlates with sleep-related accidents, but convenient tests
for occupational sleepiness monitoring are scarce. The effect of daytime on balance, on …

Napping and nightshift work: Effects of a short nap on psychomotor vigilance and subjective sleepiness in health workers

SS Smith, S Kilby, G Jorgensen, JA Douglas - Sleep and Biological …, 2007 - Springer
Nightshift is a common work schedule in health environments, and is associated with
decreased alertness and increased adverse events at work. This decrease in alertness can …

Evaluation of the safety of modafinil for treatment of excessive sleepiness

T Roth, JRL Schwartz, M Hirshkowitz… - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Modafinil is a wake-promoting agent shown to improve wakefulness in
patients with excessive sleepiness (hypersomnolence) associated with shift work sleep …

Fatigue, sleep loss, and confidence in judgment.

JV Baranski - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
Sixty-four adults participated in a study examining the accuracy of metacognitive judgments
during 28 hr of sleep deprivation (SD) and continuous cognitive work. Three tasks were …

Working memory in obstructive sleep apnea: construct validity and treatment effects

JC Felver-Gant, AS Bruce, M Zimmerman… - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objective: To better understand the effects of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on
working memory performance. We first examined the construct validity of a working memory …

Continuous positive airway pressure used by adults with obstructive sleep apneas after prescription in a public referral hospital in Mexico City

LT Bouscoulet, EL Escárcega, AC Maldonado… - Archivos de …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency of initiation of continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) …