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A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 9694

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Dr. Shahab Haghayegh

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Broad Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Interests: sleep; digital health; artificial intelligence in medicine; wearable devices; circadian rhythms

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Dear Colleagues,

Sleep and mental health are closely related. Sleep problems can have a negative impact on mental health, and those with mental health issues are more likely to experience insomnia and other sleep problems. The use of wearable devices (such as smartwatches or fitness trackers) for tracking sleep in free-living conditions has become very popular in recent years and can potentially be useful in terms of improving sleep and mental health.

In this Special Issue on “Sleep Monitoring and Mental Health” of the “International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health”, we invite submissions focusing on, but not limited to, sleep monitoring technologies and their applications in psychological studies. Topics that could be addressed in this Special Issue include:

Applications of wearable devices in sleep monitoring for psychological studies;
Impact of sleep monitoring in free-living conditions on mental health;
Application of machine learning in sleep monitoring;
Validation of the use of wearable technologies for sleep monitoring;
Sleep monitoring methods in free-living conditions.

Dr. Shahab Haghayegh
Guest Editor

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sleep
wearables
actigraphy
smart watches
fitness trackers
smart phones
artificial intelligence
machine learning
deep learning

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13 pages, 394 KiB

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Sleep Disturbances in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Role of Calcium Homeostasis Imbalance

by Elvira Anna Carbone, Giulia Menculini, Renato de Filippis, Martina D’Angelo, Pasquale De Fazio, Alfonso Tortorella and Luca Steardo, Jr.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 4431; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054431 - 1 Mar 2023

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Patients with a generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) often report preeminent sleep disturbances. Recently, calcium homeostasis gained interest because of its role in the regulation of sleep–wake rhythms and anxiety symptoms. This cross-sectional study aimed at investigating the association between calcium homeostasis imbalance, anxiety, and quality of sleep in patients with GAD. A total of 211 patients were assessed using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire (PSQI) and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) scales. Calcium, vitamin D, and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels were evaluated in blood samples. A correlation and linear regression analysis were run to evaluate the association of HAM-A, PSQI, and ISI scores with peripheral markers of calcium homeostasis imbalance. Significant correlations emerged between HAM-A, PSQI, ISI, PTH, and vitamin D. The regression models showed that patients with GAD displaying low levels of vitamin D and higher levels of PTH exhibit a poor subjective quality of sleep and higher levels of anxiety, underpinning higher psychopathological burden. A strong relationship between peripheral biomarkers of calcium homeostasis imbalance, insomnia, poor sleep quality, and anxiety symptomatology was underlined. Future studies could shed light on the causal and temporal relationship between calcium metabolism imbalance, anxiety, and sleep. Full article

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The Relationship between Selected Factors (Temperament, Bipolar Traits, Sleep Quality, Severity of Addiction) and Depressive Symptoms in Alcohol-Dependent Men

by Katarzyna Nowakowska-Domagała, Marlena Podlecka, Patryk Stecz, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Kasper Sipowicz, Marcin Kosmalski, Tadeusz Pietras and Łukasz Mokros

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 4072; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054072 - 24 Feb 2023

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Clinical and epidemiological studies have demonstrated a relationship between alcohol addiction and mood disorders. Alcohol-dependent patients with depression tend to demonstrate clinically more severe manic symptoms, which complicates the process of diagnosis and therapy. However, the predictors indicating the risk of mood disorders in addicted patients remain unclear. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between personal dispositions, bipolar traits, depth of addiction, quality of sleep, and depressive symptoms in alcohol-dependent men. The study group comprised 70 men (age M = 46.06, SD = 11.29) diagnosed with alcohol addiction. The participants completed a battery of questionnaires: BDI, HCL-32, PSQI, EPQ-R and MAST. The results were tested using Pearson’s correlation quotient and general linear model. The findings indicate that some of the studied patients are likely to have mood disorders of clinically significant severity. High neuroticism and poor sleep quality are independent predictors of depressive symptoms in alcohol-dependent patients. Among the components of sleep quality, problems with falling asleep and waking up at night appear to be most strongly associated with depressive symptoms. The intensity of depressive symptoms may relate to the intensity of certain bipolar features, such as risk-taking activity and irritability. High neuroticism and poor sleep quality are independent predictors of depressive symptoms in the studied group. Full article

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The Mediating Role of Sleep Quality in the Relationship between Negative Emotional States and Health-Related Quality of Life among Italian Medical Students

by Matteo Carpi and Annarita Vestri

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010026 - 20 Dec 2022

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Sleep problems have been shown to be related to adverse outcomes concerning physical and mental well-being. Furthermore, mental health issues and sleep problems were reported to be highly prevalent among medical students and physicians, and were found to be associated with worse academic and clinical performance in these populations. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of poor sleep to examine the associations between sleep quality and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and to explore the possible mediating role of sleep in the relationship between psychological distress and HRQoL itself in a sample of medical and dental students attending a large Italian university. Participants (n = 407, mean age: 24.2 ± 2.4) answered an online questionnaire comprising the 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Short Form-12 health survey. Up to 62% of the participants reported poor sleep quality. Controlling for psychological distress, sleep quality components were found to be associated with physical and mental HRQoL. Mediation analysis showed that overall sleep quality mediated all the single associations between anxiety, depression, and stress and HRQoL. These preliminary findings suggest that the quality of sleep is important for the well-being of medical students and that targeting sleep issues in this academic population may be beneficial. Full article

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Comparison of the Associations between Self-Reported Sleep Quality and Sleep Duration Concerning the Risk of Depression: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Indonesia

by Vivi Leona Amelia, Hsiu-Ju Jen, Tso-Ying Lee, Li-Fang Chang and Min-Huey Chung

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 14273; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114273 - 1 Nov 2022

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There is substantial evidence that a lack of sleep quality and duration can increase the risk of depression in adults. Still, few studies have compared sleep quality and duration to the risk of depression in Indonesia. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the prevalence and risk of depression associated with both sleep quality and duration and identified those factors associated with sleep quality with sleep duration. This study was a cross-sectional study, and the data were obtained from the 2014 Indonesian Family Life Survey, with a total sample comprised of 19,675 respondents aged older than 15 years old. A self-reported questionnaire was used to assess sleep quality and duration. Depression was assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CESD-10) questionnaire. Logistic regression was used to examine the risk of depression, and multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the risk of poor sleep quality with consideration to sleep duration. The prevalence of depression was the highest in the poor sleep quality and long sleep duration groups (48.5%). After all variables associated with depression were adjusted, poor sleep quality was identified as a factor leading to a higher risk of depression (OR = 4.2; 95% CI: 3.7–4.6; p < 0.001) than long sleep duration (OR = 1.4; 95% CI: 1.2–1.6; p < 0.001). Furthermore, the interaction between poor sleep quality and long sleep duration gave the highest risk of depression (OR = 4.4; 95% CI: 3.6–5.3); p < 0.001). Multinomial logistic regression revealed that the factors leading to a significant increase in the risk of poor sleep quality, with consideration to sleep duration, in the population were age, gender, marital status, education, wealth index, physical activity, chronic illness, season, and urban area (p < 0.05). Sleep quality was found to be associated with a higher risk of depression than sleep duration. The findings of this study may be beneficial to healthcare professionals who develop health promotion strategies for reducing the incidence of depression in communities. Full article

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