A5027311472- Sleep and related disorders
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Restless Legs Syndrome Research
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Health and Medical Studies
- Biomedical and Chemical Research
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Mind wandering and attention
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Medical and Health Sciences Research
University of Regensburg
2014-2024
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
2007-2022
Max Planck Society
2002
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
2002
The Regensburg Insomnia Scale (RIS) is a new self-rating scale to assess cognitive, emotional and behavioural aspects of psychophysiological insomnia (PI) with only ten items. A specific purpose the evaluation outcome insomnia- cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-I). Internal consistency RIS has been validated in 218 patients PI. For determining sensitivity specificity, this sample compared 94 healthy controls. Sensitivity change pre-post cross-validation Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)...
The aim of the present study was to assess prevalence insomnia in chronic tinnitus and association distress sleep disturbance.We retrospectively analysed data 182 patients with who completed Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ) Regensburg Insomnia Scale (RIS). Descriptive comparisons validation sample RIS including exclusively primary/psychophysiological insomnia, correlation analyses TQ scales, principal component (PCA) were performed. total score corrected for items.Prevalence high (76%) correlated...
Recently it has been shown that acute sleep loss a direct impact on emotional processing in healthy individuals. Here we studied the effect of chronically disturbed by investigating two samples patients with disorders.25 psychophysiologic insomnia (23 women and 2 men, mean age: 51.6 SD; 10.9 years), 19 apnea syndrome (4 15 51.9; SD 11.1) control sample 24 subjects normal (15 9 age 45.3; 8.8) completed Facial Expressed Emotion Labelling (FEEL) task, requiring participants to categorize rate...
Summary Short sleep duration is widely considered to be a risk factor for weight gain, suggesting that patients suffering from disorders are group. Despite some positive preliminary data on with organic disorders, empirical evidence an increased body mass index in insomnia scarce. Two‐hundred and thirty‐three confirmed diagnosis of severe chronic without co‐morbidity showing objectively impaired quality were compared respect their control derived representative population survey matched...
The Multiple Sleep Latency Test-30 (MSLT-30) is a variation of the Test with fixed duration 30 minutes for each 5 test sessions. It requires less effort reliable recording and not susceptible to on-line scoring errors. aim study was provide normative data clinical use MSLT-30 evaluate influence age, sex, other sociodemographic variables.An MSLT-30, along measures mood, objective, subjective sleepiness performed in sample healthy subjects balanced quota design.Sleep laboratory sleep disorders...
Current studies suggest dysfunctional emotional processing as a key factor in the aetiology of temporomandibular disorder (TMD). Investigating facial emotion recognition (FER) may offer an elegant and reliable way to study patients with TMD. Twenty TMD same number age-, sex- education-matched controls were measured Facially Expressed Emotion Labelling (FEEL) test, 26-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-26), Screening for Somatoform Symptoms (SOMS-2a), German Pain Questionnaire 21-item...
Zusammenfassung Digital angebotene psychologische Interventionen gegen Schlafstörungen sind aktuell ein sehr intensiv bearbeitetes Forschungsthema. In dieser Übersichtsarbeit werden Originalarbeiten und Metaanalysen zu diesem Thema zusammengefasst. Hierbei zeigt sich, dass die internetbasierte kognitive Verhaltenstherapie für Insomnie (KVT-I) bei Erwachsenen durchweg effektiv ist mit allenfalls leicht geringeren Effektstärken als gleiche Behandlung physischer Präsenz von Therapeuten...
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of traffic noise along motorway on sleep quality, sleepiness, and vigilant attention in long-haul truck drivers. was a randomized, crossover, within-subject controlled study. Healthy drivers spent 6 consecutive nights real berth with full laboratory equipment. During 3 nights, subjects were exposed replayed alongside motorways, whereas other without noise. Polysomnography recorded during numerous sleepiness tests vigilance examinations performed...
Abstract Objective Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) is frequently comorbid with Restless Legs (RLS). Both disorders are associated disturbed sleep. However, data about insomnia specific symptoms in patients suffering from both sleep (SAS-RLS) rare. Methods In a restrospective design, we investigated 202 SAS and SAS-RLS. All underwent polysomnography, performed vigilance test (Quatember-Maly), completed the Regensburg Insomnia Scale (RIS), Epworth Sleepiness (ESS), Beck Depression Inventory-II...