Preclinical Polymodal Hallucinations for 13 Years before Dementia with Lewy Bodies by Carlo Abbate, Pietro Davide Trimarchi, Silvia Inglese, Niccolò Viti, Alessandra Cantatore, Lisa De Agostini, Federico Pirri, Lorenza Marino, Renzo Bagarolo, Daniela Mari

“…Finally, it confirms an association between hallucinations and visuoperceptual impairments at an intermediate stage of the disease course and strongly supports the hypothesis that hallucinations in the earliest stages of DLB may reflect a narcolepsy-like REM-sleep disorder.…”
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Psychometric properties of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) in Mexican adults by Horacio Balam Álvarez García, Isaías Vicente Lugo-González, Fabiola González Betanzos

“…Background: Insomnia is the sleep disorder with the highest incidence worldwide. It is estimated that this condition increases the risk of developing psychiatric, neurological, and cardiovascular problems. …”
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Progress in Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Disorder by Wei YANG, Minghua XIE, Yu CAI, Zhuoming CHEN

“…Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) will correct negative factors such as psychogenic sleep disorder, anxiety, depression and so on. Medical-biological-psychological model, perfects the three-level prevention mechanism of etiology, disease and disability, and suppresses the occurrence of TMD from the source, which is provided for prevention with the help of healthy lifestyle. …”
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Risk prediction model of cognitive performance in older people with cardiovascular diseases: a study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database by Hui Wang, Sensen Wu, Dikang Pan, Yachan Ning, Cong Wang, Jianming Guo, Yongquan Gu

“…The constructed predictive nomogram included age, race, educational attainment, poverty income ratio, and presence of sleep disorder as variables. The model demonstrated robust discriminative capability, achieving an area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of 0.756, and exhibited precise calibration. …”
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Association between sleep patterns and depression in older adults: a cross-sectional study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2014 by Yi Niu, Yuqin Sun, Yijie Xie, Shun Yu

“…Abstract Objective To assess the association between sleep patterns and sleep factors (sleep duration, trouble sleeping, sleep disorder) and the risk of depression in older adults. …”
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Functional switching among dynamic neuronal hub-nodes in the brain induces maintenance/transition of cognitive states by Jasleen Gund, Yashaswee Mishra, B. N. Mallick, R. K. Brojen Singh

“…Understanding sleep-wake transitions is vital for addressing sleep disorders, such as insomnia and sleep apnea. Analyzing EEG signals in rats reveals neural mechanisms behind these transitions, laying groundwork for precision interventions to restore healthy sleep patterns and mitigate sleep disorder impacts on cognition and well-being.…”
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Scalp-acupoint massage combined with five-element music therapy for one patient with insomnia caused by liver depression transforming into fire and related nursing experience (头部经穴... by MA Xu (马旭), YE Yun (叶云), LIU Haoying (刘皓莹), TANG Ling (唐玲)

“…Sleep disorder is becoming a major public health problem threatening people’s life. …”
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Determination of Factors Affecting Sleep Quality in Postoperative Patients and Improvement of Correctible Causes by Ayşegül Özgök, Gökçe Selçuk Sert, Dilek Öztürk Kazancı

“…Subjective Sleep Quality, Sleep Latency, Sleep Duration, Habitual Sleep Efficiency, Sleep Disorder, Sleeping Drug Use, and Daytime Dysfunction. …”
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Nursing experience of a patient with insomnia treated by acupoint massage combined with ginger-partitioned moxibustion (穴位按摩联合隔姜灸治疗失眠1例的护理体会) by LIU Cui (刘翠), ZHEN Ruiwen (郑睿文), ZHOU Hui (周慧), ZHAO Jin (赵锦), TANG Ling (唐玲), CHEN Hong (陈宏)

“…This paper reviewed the clinical data of a patient with sleep disorder caused by insomnia. Based on the psychological, physical and social assessment, the Traditional Chinese Medicine techniques acupoint massage combined with ginger-partitioned moxibustion were conducted to improve the sleep quality of the patient. …”
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A nomogram prediction model for mild cognitive impairment in non-dialysis outpatient patients with chronic kidney disease by Qin Yang, Yuhe Xiang, Guoting Ma, Min Cao, Yixi Fang, Wenbin Xu, Lin Li, Qin Li, Yu Feng, Qian Yang

“…Logistic regression analysis revealed that age, educational level, occupational status, use of smartphones, sleep disorder, and hemoglobin were independent influencing factors of MCI (all p<.05). …”
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Melatonin supplementation for the treatment of infantile spasms: protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled triple-blind trial by Jing Wang, Tao Xu, Miao Liu, Jian Chen, Guang Yang, Weiwei Feng, Yulin Sun, Xiuyu Shi, Liping Zou

“…IS is characterised clinically by epileptic spasms, often accompanied by sleep disorder and abnormal circadian rhythm. The endogenous circadian rhythm disorder, in turn, can make spasms worse. …”
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Efficacy of Physiologically Active nutrients in the Treatment of Asthenic Disorders in Patients with Chronic Diffuse Liver Diseases by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova, A. G. Beniashvili, V. D. Lunkov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Over the period after an exacerbation of chronic liver diseases, patients often retain common symptoms (weakness or fatigue, bad mood, sleep disorder, vegetative disorders — asthenic syndrome). …”
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Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy Administered Early after Narcolepsy Type 1 Onset in Three Patients Evaluated by Clinical and Polysomnographic Follow-Up by Elisabeth Ruppert, Hélène Zagala, Juliette Chambe, Henri Comtet, Ulker Kilic-Huck, François Lefebvre, Marc Bataillard, Carmen Schroder, Laurent Calvel, Patrice Bourgin

“…Narcolepsy type 1 is a rare disabling sleep disorder mainly characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy, an emotion-triggered sudden loss of muscle tone. …”
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Effect of Suspension Massage Exercise Technique on Cervicogenic Insomnia and Vertebrobasilar Artery Hemodynamics by ZHANG Tianyu, LIU Li, DING Yi, SUN Jie, WANG Shurui, LI Zewen, WANG Jinghua, LI Li

“…After treatment, PSQI and NPQ scores were significantly lower in both groups, and the above scores in the observation group were lower than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01); after treatment, the scores of each factor of PSQI of the observation group were reduced (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the scores of sleepiness of the control group were reduced (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). and the scores of sleep quality, sleep disorder, and daytime dysfunction in the control group decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the sleep quality, sleep onset, and sleep duration in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); The Vm values of LVA, RVA and BA increased in both groups after treatment, and the above indexes in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Burnout Syndrome among Emergency Physicians and Nurses in Abha and Khamis Mushait Cities, Aseer Region, Southwestern Saudi Arabia by Abdulghani M. Alqahtani, Nabil J. Awadalla, Safar A. Alsaleem, Awad S. Alsamghan, Mohammed Abadi Alsaleem

“…Healthcare professionals who reported a history of taking medications for sleep disorders expressed higher risk for burnout opposed to those with no history of sleep disorder medication (aOR=6.59; 95% CI: 2.08-20.81, p=0.001). …”
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Clinical analysis and case series report on autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy presenting with autonomic dysfunction by Xiao Ke Wu, Guojie Zhai, Jin Ru Zhang, Hua Ping Du, Lan Hu, Shu Ye Yu, Hai Lun Hang, Sirui Han, Yanlin Zhang, Yuan Xu

“…The prognosis of autonomic nerve dysfunction is associated to sleep disorder and cerebrospinal fluid protein content. …”
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Reduced frontotemporal connectivity during a verbal fluency task in patients with anxiety, sleep, and major depressive disorders by Fanxi Ding, Yiyang Ying, Yuqing Jin, Xuanru Guo, Xuanru Guo, You Xu, Zhenghe Yu, Haiteng Jiang, Haiteng Jiang, Haiteng Jiang

“…Therefore, this study combined the VFT and the functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying the impairment of executive function across psychiatric disorders including anxiety disorder (AD), sleep disorder (SD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).MethodsTwo hundred and eight participants were enrolled including 52 AD, 52 SD, 52 MDD and 52 healthy controls (HCs). …”
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A Study of Volatile Organic Compounds in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Chuan Hao Gui, Zhunan Jia, Zihao Xing, Fuchang Zhang, Fang Du, Alex Chengyao Tham, Ming Yann Lim, Yaw Khian Chong, Agnes Si Qi Chew, Khai Beng Chong

“…<b>Background</b>: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep disorder characterized by intermittent upper airway obstruction, leading to significant health consequences. …”
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Exploring the Psychological and Physiological Insights Through Digital Phenotyping by Analyzing the Discrepancies Between Subjective Insomnia Severity and Activity-Based Objective... by Ji Won Yeom, Hyungju Kim, Seung Pil Pack, Heon-Jeong Lee, Taesu Cheong, Chul-Hyun Cho

“… BackgroundInsomnia is a prevalent sleep disorder affecting millions worldwide, with significant impacts on daily functioning and quality of life. …”
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Inflammatory and Redox Blood Gene Expression Fingerprint of Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Patients With Mild Alzheimer&rsquo;s Disease by Romero-ElKhayat L, Dakterzada F, Huerto R, Carnes-Vendrell A, Mínguez O, Pujol Sabaté M, Targa A, Barbé F, Milanesi E, Dobre M, Manda G, Cuadrado A, Piñol-Ripoll G

“…Leila Romero-ElKhayat,1 Farida Dakterzada,1 Raquel Huerto,1 Anna Carnes-Vendrell,1 Olga Mínguez,2 Montserrat Pujol Sabaté,2 Adriano Targa,3,4 Ferran Barbé,3,4 Elena Milanesi,5,6 Maria Dobre,5 Gina Manda,5 Antonio Cuadrado,5,7– 10 Gerard Piñol-Ripoll1,11 1Unitat de Trastorns Cognitius, Cognition and Behavior Study Group, Universitat de Lleida, IRBLleida, Lleida, 25198, Spain; 2Unitat de Son, Hospital Universitari Santa Maria de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; 3Group of Translational Research in Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova and Santa Maria, IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain; 4Center for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases Network (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain; 5“Victor Babes” National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, 050096, Romania; 6Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, 050474, Romania; 7Department of Endocrine Physiology and Nervous System, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” UAM-CSIC, Madrid, 28029, Spain; 8Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain; 9Neuroscience Section, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (Idipaz), Madrid, 28046, Spain; 10Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), ISCIII, Madrid, 28031, Spain; 11Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona – Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, SpainCorrespondence: Gerard Piñol-Ripoll, Cognitive Disorders Unit, Hospital Universitari Santa Maria, Rovira Roure no. 44, Lleida, 25198, Spain, Tel +34-937-727222, Ext. 173, Fax +34-976-727366, Email gerard_437302@hotmail.comIntroduction: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is the sleep disorder most frequently found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). …”
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