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Judith L Reishtein

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PubMed2006

Sleepiness and relationships in obstructive sleep apnea.

This is a qualitative analysis of data from a multisite study of 156 participants with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Participants completed a battery of tests, including the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ) that contains an item assessing the impact of OSA on relationships. Approximately one third of participants wrote comments; they were predominately male, mean age 44.7, with severe OSA. Interpersonal themes expressed included work and marital problems and social life restriction. Intrapersonal themes included embarrassment and poor mood. This report adds specific details to previous reports of impaired relationships in OSA, and stresses the importance of assessing this critical area.

Conflict, Psychological↗
PubMed2005

Relationship between symptoms and functional performance in COPD.

We studied the relationships among functional performance and three symptoms--dyspnea, fatigue, and sleep difficulty--in a sample of 100 people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). All participants had an FEV(1) 60% or less of the predicted level for age, sex, and height. Consistent with the Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms, dyspnea correlated with both fatigue and sleep difficulty. Dyspnea and fatigue both had moderate negative correlations with functional performance, while sleep difficulty had a small nonsignificant negative correlation with functional performance. After controlling for age and oxygen use, dyspnea was the only symptom to predict variance in functional performance significantly. Of the three symptoms studied, only dyspnea was related to both the other symptoms and to functional performance. Focusing on dyspnea may be the best way to improve both symptom experience and functional performance in people with COPD.

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PubMed2005

Sleep in mechanically ventilated patients.

People dependent on mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit sleep poorly. Less than half of their sleep occurs at night. Sleep architecture is abnormal, with occasional disappearance of some stages of sleep, and there are frequent arousals and awakenings. Because most arousals are associated with caregiving activities or noise, caregivers should consolidate care and decrease environmental noise. More research is needed on sleep and sleep promotion in mechanically ventilated patients.

Arousal↗
PubMed2005

Mothering Becky.

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