Behavioral sleep medicine
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Behavioral sleep medicine · Jan 2014
Comparative StudyWhere do parents sleep best when children are hospitalized? A pilot comparison study.
This pilot study compared the sleep quality and quantity of parents who slept at their hospitalized child's bedside with parents who slept at the hospital's onsite Ronald McDonald House® (RMH). Wrist actigraphy and questionnaires were used to estimate parent sleep quality and quantity. ⋯ Bedside accommodation was associated with poorer parent sleep even when controlling for the covariates of child age and parent gender. Nearby family accommodations, such as RMH, may facilitate parent-child proximity during a child's hospitalization while also providing parents with opportunities for essential sleep.
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Behavioral sleep medicine · Jan 2014
Actigraphic assessment of sleep disturbances following traumatic brain injury.
The current study examined the use of actigraphy in measurement of sleep following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Twenty-one patients with TBI and self-reported sleep and/or fatigue problems and 21 non-injured controls were studied over seven days using actigraphy and sleep diary reports. ⋯ Actigraphy may prove useful to supplement self-report measures of sleep following TBI. More work is required to understand the accuracy of these measures in this population.
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Behavioral sleep medicine · Jan 2014
Catastrophizing and poor sleep quality in early adolescent females.
Catastrophizing about sleeplessness has been investigated in adults and children, but little is known about adolescents. This article aimed to (a) investigate whether early adolescent girls catastrophized about consequences of sleeplessness, (b) describe topics in catastrophizing sequences, (c) examine the association between sleep quality and catastrophizing, and (d) assess whether puberty moderated this association. ⋯ Sleep quality was associated with catastrophizing (β = 0.19, p = .042); however, puberty did not moderate this association (β = 0.15, p = .126). Findings highlight the importance of sleep-related cognitions in adolescent girls.