Clocks & Sleep, Volume 7, Issue 3

Diagnosis and monitoring of daytime sleepiness remain challenging and are strongly reliant on subjective assessments. To revisit common monitoring tools and explore new assessment modalities, we investigated the response of daily and momentary subjec...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent disorder in the pediatric population. Furthermore, there appears to be a special relationship between ADHD and Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). The objective of this review was therefore to...

Sleep in intensive care unit (ICU) patients is frequently disrupted, which may adversely affect their overall health and recovery. Despite the implementation of various strategies to promote sleep, accurately assessing its quality remains complex. Th...

Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) often experience sleep disturbances and are frequently exposed to light during nighttime hours. Our previous studies using the Contactin-associated protein-like 2 (Cntnap2) knockout (KO) mouse mode...

The school and university periods represent a critical phase in individuals’ cognitive, emotional, and behavioural development. Numerous lifestyle factors can influence executive functions and high-level cognitive processes crucial for learning...

Concussions significantly impact sleep quality among adolescents. Despite increasing recognition of these effects, the complex relationship between adolescent concussions and sleep disturbances is still not fully understood and presents mixed finding...

The circadian rhythm of the central brain clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is synchronized by light. White adipose tissue (WAT) is one of the metabolic endocrine organs containing a molecular clock, and it is synchronized by the SCN. Excess...

Patient activation enhances self-management of chronic illnesses, and sleep quality is vital for health. The link between activation and sleep quality and the mediating role of chronic diseases remain underexplored. This study examined the associatio...

Hypersomnia may be classified as primary or secondary, with secondary hypersomnia arising from a variety of underlying causes. Thus, according to ICSD3-TR classification, the diagnosis of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) is established based on (1) excess...

This study described and analyzed the results of cardiorespiratory polygraphic studies in infants under three months who were hospitalized and monitored due to suspected apneas. Methods: Cross-sectional study. Patients aged <3 months hospitalized...

In humans, the master circadian clock, present in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, plays an important role in controlling life-sustaining functions. The development of the circadian clock begins in the fetal period and is almost completed during infancy...

This study examined data from participants who completed the SLeep Education for Everyone Program (SLEEP) to explore how various demographic variables affected sleep outcomes and to determine which participant characteristics predicted success. A tot...

Short sleep has been linked to overweight, possibly via alterations in appetite-regulating hormones, but findings are inconsistent. Sex differences may contribute to this variability. This systematic review examines whether sex modifies the hormonal...

Background: Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) and expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty (ESP) are two standard surgical procedures for the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. In a retrospective clinical trial, we compared the two surgical t...

The circadian clock is a self-sustaining oscillator with a period of approximately 24 h, enabling organisms to anticipate daily recurring events, such as sunrise and sunset. Since the circadian period is not exactly 24 h and the environmental day len...

Burnout syndrome is characterized mainly by three criteria (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment), and further exacerbated by night shift work, with profound implications for individual and societal well-being. The...

Morningness-eveningness is usually assessed as either a trait or a state using either a morning–evening preference scale or sleep timing reported for free days, respectively. These assessments were implemented in numerous studies exploring the...

Worsening adolescent mental health is a significant social issue. Although dreams may reflect one’s mental state, few studies have focused on adolescents. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between dream content and mental heal...

Circadian rhythms (CRs) are a key biological system regulating physiological processes such as metabolism, cell growth, DNA repair, and immunity, adapting to environmental changes like the light/dark cycle. Governed by internal clocks, it modulates g...

Background. Sleep disorders are a group of conditions that disrupt normal sleep patterns and are among the most common clinical challenges faced today. An innovative device that employs nanotechnology to deliver beneficial effects on the human body i...

Introduction: For patients in intensive care units, the Richards–Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ) seems to be a useful tool for assessing sleep quality. However, its application in the Moroccan medical context could be limited due to the lac...

Chronobiotics represent a pharmacologically diverse group of substances, encompassing both experimental compounds and those utilized in clinical practice, which possess the capacity to modulate the parameters of circadian rhythms. These substances in...

Sleep is an essential part of everyday life and disturbed sleep can produce numerous deleterious effects on the body. An especially prevalent and detrimental subset of sleep disturbances are sleep disturbances that occur in patients during the postop...