Sleep and Hypnosis back issues from January 2008:
Assessing Insomnia in Epidemiological Studies: What Do We Need?
Jan 01, 2008; ... Insomnia is widely recognized to be the most common form of sleep complaint in the general population. This is true across the adult age range, and in every country and region in which sleep problems have been assessed (1). In recent years, there has been increasing focus on defining insomnia ...
Nightmares and Stress in Children
Jan 01, 2008; ... Objective: Whereas the effect of stress on nightmare frequency is well-documented in adults, research on this topic in children is scarce. In addition, these studies are often based on data obtained from the parents which may not be valid with regard to nightmare frequency and subjective stress ...
Time in Bed and Low Body Mass Index (BMI) Among Adolescents in China
Jan 01, 2008; ... Study Objective: To investigate the association between time in bed and low Body Mass Index (BMI <18.5 kg/m^sup 2^) among adolescents. Methods: This is a population school-based health survey utilising a two-stage random cluster sampling design. One thousand two hundred and sixty ...
Sleep, Energy and Self Rated Cognition Across 7 Nights Following Recreational Ecstasy/MDMA use
Jan 01, 2008; ... Objective: This study aimed to prospectively assess self-rated sleep length and sleep quality in recreational MDMA users (n= 18, 13 male, 5 female, 19.5 yrs) for the 7 days following ecstasy consumption, and to compare them to alcohol drinking controls (n= 18, 7 male, 11 female, ...
The Development and Validation of The Arabic Scale of Insomnia (ASI)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Study Objectives: To assess the psychometric parameters of the Arabic Scale of Insomnia (ASI), and to report its descriptive statistics and gender differences. Methods: Kuwaiti, non-clinical secondary school students (N=5,044), college students (N=2,210) and employees (N = 1,247) were ...