Sleep disordered breathing in children is a common but largely underdiagnosed problem. It ranges severity from primary snoring to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Preliminary evidence suggests that with severe OSAS show reduced neurocognitive performance, however, less known about who snore do not have upper airway obstruction. Participants included 16 referred the Ear, Nose and Throat/Respiratory departments of Children's Hospital for evaluation non-snoring controls aged 5-10 years....

Objective: Various empirical studies link persistent failure to recover from acute fatigue the evolution of chronic fatigue. However, existing measurement scales do not tend distinguish between and elements well, none include a measure effective recovery Methods: The 15 item Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery (OFER) scale has been developed validated in three study populations specifically work-related Results: OFER possesses robust, gender-bias free psychometric characteristics. Its...

Aim. This paper reports a study of the relationship between age, domestic responsibilities (being partnered and having dependents), recovery from shiftwork‐related fatigue evolution maladaptive health outcomes among full‐time working female nurses. Background. Several studies have suggested that women with family are at greater risk developing work‐related problems than single without these responsibilities. Method. A questionnaire was distributed in 2004 to 2400 nurses two hospitals...

Abstract Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) has been associated with reduced neurocognitive performance in children, but the underlying etiology is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate relationship between hypoxemia, respiratory arousals, and snoring children referred for adenotonsillectomy. Thirteen who were evaluation regarding need adenotonsillectomy a children's hospital otolaryngology/respiratory department underwent detailed polysomnographic (PSG) evaluation. PSGs...

BACKGROUND: The test‐retest reliability of temporal summation (TS) and diffuse noxious inhibitory control (DNIC) has not been reported to date. Establishing such would support the possibility future experimental studies examining factors affecting TS DNIC. Similarly, use manual algometry induce TS, or an occlusion cuff DNIC mechanical stimuli, Such devices may offer a simpler method than current techniques for inducing DNIC, affording assessment at more anatomical locations in varied...

This study examined the role of schools' psychosocial safety climate ( PSC ) in teachers' psychological outcomes. We proposed that would moderate effects daily job demands on their fatigue and work engagement, also recovery engagement. Sixty‐one Australian school teachers completed a diary was repeated three times over course approximately 8 months. Each ran for five consecutive days, measuring self‐reports demands, recovery, fatigue, engagement N = 915 data points), while perceived measured...

To investigate the association between indices of sleep spindle activity and cognitive performance in a sample healthy children.Correlational. Intelligence (Stanford-Binet) neurocognitive functioning (NEPSY) were assessed, with variables being measured during overnight polysomnography.Hospital laboratory.Twenty-seven children (mean age 8.19 y; 14 female, 13 male).N/A.Participants underwent single night polysomnography after completing measures intelligence functioning. Sleep spindles...

A commonly held view is that chronic stress has an adverse affect on academic performance. Because dental students typically report high levels of stress, they may be at particular risk. This research examined the relationship between perceived and performance in 202 enrolled Australian school. In this study, four key factors labelled "self-efficacy beliefs," "faculty administration," "workload," "performance pressure" previously identified by our group from principal components analysis...

Chronic circadian disturbance is thought to cause many of the health and social problems reported by shift workers. In recent years, appropriately timed exposure bright light exogenous melatonin have been used accelerate adaptation phase shifts system. this study we compared night in three groups subjects. The first treatment group received (4–7,000 lux between 2400 0400 hours on each shifts). second capsule (2 mg at 0800 then 1 1100 1400 hours). placebo control either dim red less than 50...

Aim. This paper reports a study to determine if different types of work strain experienced by nurses, particularly those an essentially psychological nature, such as emotional demand, mental effort and problems with peers and/or supervisors, have differential impact on sleep quality overall recovery from strain, compared physical strains, lead higher maladaptive chronic fatigue outcomes. Background. Various studies shown that the dominant work‐demand associated nursing can vary between areas...

Objective: Refinement of the Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery (OFER) scale. Method: The responses 510 nurses to OFER scale, two whose scales contained additional items, were examined with CFA and regression analyses. Results: Analyses expanded pool items identified three subscales 5 each for renamed OFER15 have high internal reliability (>.84), face, construct discriminant validity. SEM analysis confirmed role recovery in mediating relationship between acute chronic fatigue measured...

Evidence from human free-running studies has suggested a close relationship between the timing of circadian rhythm core body temperature and sleep propensity. However, this may be questioned by variations wakeful activity which could have masked endogenous rhythm. A constant routine was used here to 'unmask' in addition frequent trials across 24-h period confirm propensity rhythms. Of 14 healthy, good sleeping subjects 13 had significant cosine rhythms Eight these also 12-h The eight with...

Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) is a common childhood disorder that encompasses range of sleep-related upper airway obstruction. Children with SDB demonstrate significant neurocognitive deficits. Adenotonsillectomy the first line treatment for and whilst this improves respiratory disturbance, it remains to be established whether gains also result.A total 44 healthy snoring children aged 3-12 years awaiting adenotonsillectomy (SDB group), 48 age gender matched non-snoring controls from...

Study Objectives: Overweight and obesity are thought to increase the risk of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) among children.However, previous results have been inconsistent appear be confounded by both ethnicity different ages children studied.To determine whether association between excess weight OSAS varies with age across childhood, we assessed polysomnographic data from a series Caucasian adolescents referred for clinical evaluation snoring.Methods: Sleep severity were using...

To examine effects of stress on noxious inhibition and temporal summation (TS) in tension-type headache.Stress is the most commonly reported trigger a chronic headache (CTH) episode; however, mechanisms underlying this are unclear. Stress affects pain processing throughout central nervous system, including, potentially, TS diffuse inhibitory controls (DNIC), both which may be abnormal CTH sufferers (CTH-S). No studies have examined pressure or DNIC CTH-S to date. Similarly, not been healthy...

OBJECTIVES: It remains uncertain whether treatment with adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea in children improves cognitive function. The Preschool Obstructive Sleep Apnea Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy study was a prospective randomized controlled which researchers evaluated outcomes 12 months after compared no surgery preschool symptomatic apnea. METHODS: A total of 190 (age 3–5 years) were randomly assigned to early (within 2 months) or routine wait lists (12-month wait,...

The Dental Environment Stress questionnaire was used to identify and quantify sources of stress for 205 Australian Bachelor Surgery students. A factor analysis revealed negative self‐efficacy beliefs accounted almost one third the total variance, despite higher levels reported by females, a marked similarity in dominant patterns emerged males females. In testing differences residency status, international students expressed significantly more from peer pressure, this is discussed within...