A5013126023- Sleep and related disorders
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Music Therapy and Health
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
University of Pittsburgh
2018-2021
The study compared the efficacy of hypnotic "imaginative involvement," behavioral distraction and standard medical practice for reduction pain, distress anxiety in children with leukemia, during bone marrow aspirations. Two age groups children, 3 to 6, 7 10 years, were randomized three treatment groups. intervention sessions given. At first intervention, observational ratings indicated significant reductions younger group treatment, whereas older achieved both conditions observer-rated pain...
The evening chronotype is strongly associated with greater alcohol use, though mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. current study evaluated emotion regulation as a potential mechanism linking and use. Participants were 81 undergraduate students. Chronotype was assessed using the Composite Scale of Morningness (CSM). Alcohol use disorder severity Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT). recorded daily sleep patterns an online diary for seven days. then completed...
Depressive symptoms and sleep disturbances disproportionately affect midlife women. While there may be a bidirectional association, few studies have examined whether depressive are longitudinally associated with subsequent sleep. Sleep is typically considered unidimensional, despite emerging evidence that multidimensional health provides novel information on the sleep-health link.
Prospective memory (PM) – or for tasks to be completed in the future is essential daily functioning. Although depression and anxiety have been shown impair PM performance, few studies explored relative contributions of different symptom domains. Here, we examined relation between anxiety, depression, negative mood, performance using tripartite model. The model attributes substantial overlap general distress/negative affect. Twenty-seven non-diagnosed undergraduate participants first...
Abstract Introduction Sleep quantity and continuity vary across the lifespan. Actigraphy is reliable, ecologically valid, most widely-used behavioral measure of sleep in research personal health monitoring. The extent to which age associated with actigraphy-assessed has not been evaluated aim this meta-analysis was evaluate associations between relatively healthy individuals. Methods A systematic search PubMed, Embase.com, Cochrane CENTRAL, PsycINFO using “actigraphy” “sleep” terms provided...
The construct of sleep health captures the 24-hour experience using multiple dimensions, may be more clinically informative than single measures. current study tested hypothesis that better multidimensional is cross-sectionally associated with physical in midlife women, a population vulnerable to disturbances and poor health. Participants were 319 women (51.2 ± 2.1 y; 48% Caucasian, 38% African American, 16% Chinese) enrolled Study Women's Health Across Nation (SWAN) Sleep Study. was...
Abstract Introduction Individuals with depression have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. While lower daytime HRV may be one mechanism of this association, it is less clear whether during sleep (sHRV) differs between adults and without depression. Examining sHRV important measure to test given evidence that nocturnal differences in physiology are strong predictors Methods 118 who completed psychiatric interviews the ages 21-60 y (T1) returned 18.7 ± 4.5 years later a re-evaluation...
How does sleep influence the emotional components of memories? In a recent study in children, we demonstrated that cognitively influenced aspects emotion, i.e. those which are subject to top-down control mechanisms (measured by late positive potential [LPP] EEG), decreased after night compared day wake, while more automatic emotion (heart rate deceleration, HRD) increased. Here, examined whether this same pattern emerges adults and persists one week. encoding session, participants viewed...
Night shift workers experience sleep disturbances and circadian misalignment, which has long-term consequences for cognitive functioning. Poor functioning may be one mechanism linking sleep/circadian disruptions in with the development of Alzheimer's Disease. Cognitive not been extensively tested retired compared to day who, retirement, have similar schedules rhythm patterns. We hypothesized that would poorer workers. Participants were 26 17 night aged 60-82. Shift defined as regularly...
Abstract Introduction Approximately 15% of full-time employees in the U.S. work outside traditional daytime schedule. These individuals exhibit circadian rhythm abnormalities and increased rates cardiovascular disease compared to day shift workers. Altered patterns function may persist into retirement even after returning a normal nocturnal sleep schedule, contribute elevated burden among retired night The purpose this study was determine whether rhythms indicators differed between workers...