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Hassan A, Deshun Z. Impact of sleeping in a forest on sleep quality and mental well-being. Explore (NY) 2023:S1550-8307(23)00264-1. [PMID: 37989638 DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2023.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Forest ecosystems have been acknowledged as a viable intervention for mitigating mental stress. However, there is a scarcity of research investigating the impact of forest environments on sleep. This study primarily investigated the physiological and psychological effects of sleep in a forest environment. It included a sample of 50 Chinese young adult students. A comparative analysis was conducted to examine the impact of sleeping in a forest environment as opposed to a controlled room setting (control). The researchers collected data on blood pressure, electroencephalography (EEG), and psychological markers. There was a statistically significant decrease in systolic blood pressure after the participants slept in a forest environment compared to when they slept in a room (control). Moreover, a notable increase in alpha- and beta-wave frequencies was detected in the forest environment. A more pronounced reduction in anxiety scores was observed in those exposed to a forest environment compared to those in the control group. The physiological and psychological data presented in this study demonstrate that engaging in forest leisure positively affects both physical and mental relaxation in young adults.
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- Ahmad Hassan
- College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Rd, Shanghai PR China.
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- College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Rd, Shanghai PR China.
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Sigmund E, Sigmundová D, Pavelka J, Kalman M, Voráčová J, Meier Z, Kopčáková J, Badura P. Changes in the prevalence of obesity in Czech adolescents between 2018 and 2022 and its current non-genetic correlates - HBSC study. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:2092. [PMID: 37880679 PMCID: PMC10601351 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17010-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The main aim of the study is to examine changes in the prevalence of obesity in Czech adolescents between 2018 and 2022 and its current non-genetic correlates with respect to the adolescents' families'socioeconomic status (SES) in 2022. METHODS The sample of 24,535 adolescents (n = 11,629/12,9062018/2022; boys: 50.4/50.6%2018/2022) aged 10.5-16.5 years that was analysed was drawn from two nationally representative cohorts of Czech youngsters from the last two cycles of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) online questionnaire survey from 2018 to 2022. Obesity is represented by the > 97th percentile interval on the World Health Organization Body Mass Index percentile chart, with distinctions by sex and the age of adolescents. The differences in the prevalence of obesity between boys and girls from all SES family categories in 2018 and 2022 were tested using a chi-square test (χ2). Multiple logistic regression analysis with repeated measures was used to analyse correlates of obesity in 2022. RESULTS Between 2018 and 2022, there was no significant difference in the prevalence of obesity in girls or boys in any of the SES categories of families. Adolescents from low-SES families have the highest prevalence of obesity, 11% for boys and 5.8% for girls, significantly higher (p < .001) than its prevalence among adolescents from high-SES families, by + 4.8% points for boys and + 3.9% points for girls. Among adolescents from low-SES families, individuals who engaged in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (PA) daily (p < .005) or vigorous PA three times per week (p < .05) were significantly less likely to be obese than their less active peers. Skipping breakfast significantly (p < .05) increased the odds of obesity, but only among adolescents from low-SES families. Shorter screen time (ST) significantly (p < .05) reduced the odds of obesity for all categories of adolescent SES. CONCLUSIONS Obesity is most pronounced in adolescents from low-SES families as a result of a long-term positive energy balance mediated by unbalanced behaviour. Significantly lower odds of obesity in adolescents from low-SES families were confirmed to be associated with regular practice of the recommended PA, shorter ST, and not skipping breakfast.
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- Erik Sigmund
- Faculty of Physical Culture, Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, 771 11, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Physical Culture, Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, 771 11, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Physical Culture, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, 771 11, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Physical Culture, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, 771 11, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Physical Culture, Department of Social Sciences in Kinanthropology, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, 771 11, Czech Republic
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- Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Social Health Institute, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, 771 11, Czech Republic
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- Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J.Safarik University, Kosice, 040 01, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Physical Culture, Institute of Active Lifestyle, Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, 771 11, Czech Republic
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Hrozanova M, Haugan JA, Saksvik-Lehouillier I, Skalická V, Krondorf L, Stenseng F, Moen F. Quantifying teenagers' sleep patterns and sex differences in social jetlag using at-home sleep monitoring. Sleep Med 2023; 107:1-8. [PMID: 37087961 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Sleep plays an important role in the formative developmental processes occurring during the teenage years. At the same time, teenagers' changing bioregulatory mechanisms and psychosocial factors converge into the so-called social jetlag, a sleep timing misalignment between weekdays and weekends. The aim of this study was to quantify the course of day-to-day changes in sleep/wake patterns and sleep stage distributions, and the sex differences in social jetlag among teenagers. We observed the sleep of 156 teenagers (58.3% girls, 15-16 years) using a novel sleep monitor over the course of up to 10 consecutive days. 1323 nights of data were analyzed using multilevel modeling. On average, participants went to bed at 23:41, woke up at 07:48, slept for 7.7 h and had 85.5% sleep efficiency. Sleep stage distributions were in line with normative data. We found later sleep onset and offset, longer time in bed, sleep duration, and sleep onset latency (p = .001), greater proportion of light sleep and lower proportion of deep sleep, and poorer sleep efficiency (all p < .001) on weekend nights starting on Friday and Saturday. On Friday nights, girls had longer time awake after sleep onset (p = .020) than boys. On Friday and Saturday nights, girls fell asleep earlier (p < .001 and p = .006, respectively). On Saturday nights, girls had shorter sleep latency (p = .024), and better sleep efficiency (p = .019) than boys. In sum, teenagers' sleep patterns reflected healthy, albeit somewhat short sleep. There was convincing evidence of social jetlag, and girls exhibited less severe social jetlag than boys.
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- Maria Hrozanova
- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Data Science and Research, VitalThings AS, Norway
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- Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Olympiatoppen Midt-Norge, Trondheim, Norway
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Pilime S, Jewett S. The infant feeding methods promoted by South African Instagram influencers in relation to crying and sleeping, 2018-2020: a retrospective digital ethnography. Int Breastfeed J 2023; 18:17. [PMID: 36927499 PMCID: PMC10022282 DOI: 10.1186/s13006-023-00555-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Globally, there has been a decline in breastfeeding rates. This has resulted in increased infant mortality due to infectious diseases and inappropriate feeding practices. The aggressive marketing of breastmilk substitutes (BMS) by manufacturers has contributed, in part, to these declines. With the progressive use of social media, marketing has shifted from traditional methods to the use of influencers, who command a huge following on their social media accounts and influence the daily decisions of their followers. This study investigates the infant feeding methods and associated products promoted by South African influencers in relation to crying and sleeping and their followers' responses. METHODS This was a retrospective study, which used a mixed methods digital ethnographic approach to analyse posts related to infant feeding methods that were made by seven South African Instagram influencers between the period of January 2018 to December 2020. Framing analysis was used to analyse qualitative data and quantitative data were analysed descriptively. RESULTS From the 62 posts that were analysed, 27 were sponsored advertisements (some violating local regulations) and 35 posts promoted breastfeeding. The 18,333 follower comments and 918,299 likes in response to the posts were also analysed. We found that influencers presented BMS products as a solution for a child who cries a lot and has trouble sleeping. BMS were framed as helpful for children who are seemingly always hungry and dissatisfied with breastmilk alone. The study also found that some influencers promoted breastfeeding on their Instagram pages. Unlike BMS posts, breastfeeding posts were not sponsored. With a few exceptions, followers tended to support and reinforce the framing of influencers. CONCLUSION Stiffer regulations should be enforced against companies using influencers to promote infant formula and other BMS products, with proactive monitoring of social media. Professionals giving advice contrary to the guidelines from the WHO should be reported according to Regulation 991 and made accountable. Proactive engagement with Instagram influencers to promote breastfeeding should be considered.
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- Sukoluhle Pilime
- Health & Society Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Health & Society Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Liu C, Dai X, Li Y, Li H. Lifestyle Adjustment: Influential Risk Factors in Cognitive Aging. Adv Exp Med Biol 2023; 1419:185-194. [PMID: 37418215 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-1627-6_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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Cognitive aging is inevitable. However, researchers have demonstrated that lifestyle adjustments can reduce the risk of cognitive impairment. A healthy diet style, the Mediterranean diet, has been proven to benefit the elderly. Oil, salt, sugar, and fat are, on the contrary, risk factors for cognitive dysfunction because of the resultant high caloric intake. Physical and mental exercises, especially cognitive training, are also beneficial for aging. At the same time, several risk factors need to be noted, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, insomnia, and excessive daytime sleeping, which are highly relative to cognitive impairment, cardiovascular diseases, and dementia.
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- Chen Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Aging Brain Rejuvenation Initiative (BABRI) Centre, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Aging Brain Rejuvenation Initiative (BABRI) Centre, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Aging Brain Rejuvenation Initiative (BABRI) Centre, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Aging Brain Rejuvenation Initiative (BABRI) Centre, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Aging Brain Rejuvenation Initiative (BABRI) Centre, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Aging Brain Rejuvenation Initiative (BABRI) Centre, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Wielgoszewska B, Maddock J, Green MJ, Di Gessa G, Parsons S, Griffith GJ, Croft J, Stevenson AJ, Booth C, Silverwood RJ, Bann D, Patalay P, Hughes AD, Chaturvedi N, Howe LD, Fitzsimons E, Katikireddi SV, Ploubidis GB. The UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and diet, physical activity, and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from eight longitudinal population surveys. BMC Med 2022; 20:147. [PMID: 35387639 PMCID: PMC8984671 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02343-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In March 2020, the UK implemented the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough) to minimise job losses. Our aim was to investigate associations between furlough and diet, physical activity, and sleep during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS We analysed data on 25,092 participants aged 16-66 years from eight UK longitudinal studies. Changes in employment, including being furloughed, were based on employment status before and during the first lockdown. Health behaviours included fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, and sleep. Study-specific estimates obtained using modified Poisson regression, adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics and pre-pandemic health and health behaviours, were statistically pooled using random effects meta-analysis. Associations were also stratified by sex, age, and education. RESULTS Across studies, between 8 and 25% of participants were furloughed. Compared to those who remained working, furloughed workers were slightly less likely to be physically inactive (RR = 0.85; [95% CI 0.75-0.97]; I 2 = 59%) and did not differ overall with respect to low fruit and vegetable consumption or atypical sleep, although findings for sleep were heterogenous (I 2 = 85%). In stratified analyses, furlough was associated with lower fruit and vegetable consumption among males (RR = 1.11; [1.01-1.22]; I 2 = 0%) but not females (RR = 0.84; [0.68-1.04]; I 2 = 65%). Considering changes in quantity, furloughed workers were more likely than those who remained working to report increases in fruit and vegetable consumption, exercise, and hours of sleep. CONCLUSIONS Those furloughed exhibited similar health behaviours to those who remained in employment during the initial stages of the pandemic. There was little evidence to suggest that adoption of such social protection policies in the post-pandemic recovery period and during future economic crises had adverse effects on population health behaviours.
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- Bożena Wielgoszewska
- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College, London, UK
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK.
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- MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College, London, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College, London, UK
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- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College, London, UK
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- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College, London, UK
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- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College, London, UK.,MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College, London, UK
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- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College, London, UK.
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Veltkamp G, Karasaki M, Bröer C. Family health competence: Attachment, detachment and health practices in the early years of parenthood. Soc Sci Med 2020; 266:113351. [PMID: 32932003 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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During the first years of a baby's life, parents develop ways of caring that affect the child's health later in life. In this paper, we focus on eating and sleeping, as social practices that mediate between socioeconomic and cultural conditions and health outcomes, such as weight status. We argue for an analysis of what we call 'family health competence', meaning emerging know-hows and resources relevant to healthy living produced, embodied and shared by household members, to understand the development of health practices of first-time parents and their children. In an ethnographic panel study in the Netherlands, we follow households pre-birth until the first child turns age four. Our analysis suggests that across different families, competences develop enabling parents to balance a) attaching and b) detaching in particular ways. Parents learn how to observe and interpret their new-borns, bracket doubt, build trust, manage time pressures and mobilize support networks. These competences are partly class and gender-specific while there is also significant diversity within class and gender. The competence to balance attachment and detachment can be understood as the effect of contradictory social norms and institutional (labour market and care) provisions typical for late-modern welfare states.
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Xu Y, Hackett ML, Nikpour A, Somerville E, Bleasel A, Ireland C, Ghougassian DF, Anderson CS, Glozier N. Course and impact of sleep disturbance in newly diagnosed epilepsy: A prospective registry study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2020; 195:105963. [PMID: 32474255 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.105963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the course of sleep distrurbance (insomnia symptoms and short sleep duration) after a diagnosis of epilepsy and their associations with seizure control, mood, disability, and quality of life. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred and sixty-nine adults were drawn from the Sydney Epilepsy Incidence Study to Measure Illness Consequences (SEISMIC), a prospective, multicenter, community-wide study in Sydney, Australia. Socio-demographic, psychosocial, clinical characteristics, and information on sleep disturbance were obtained early (median 48 [IQR15-113] days) after a diagnosis of epilepsy, and at 12 months. Logistic regression models were used to determine associations between patterns of sleep disturbance with outcomes at 12 months. RESULTS Insomnia symptoms and/or short sleep duration were present in 18-23% of participants at both time points, with over half (54-61%) showing a chronic pattern. There was no association of sleep disturbance pattern with recurrent seizures, medication use or disability. Chronic insomnia symptoms and short sleep duration were strongly associated with worse mental health (aOR 3.76, 95% CI 1.28-11.06; and aOR 5.41, 95% CI 1.86-15.79) and poorer quality of life at 12 months (aOR 3.02, 95% CI 1.03-8.84; and aOR 3.11, 95% CI 1.10-8.82), after adjusting for clinical features of epilepsy and comorbidity. Those whose sleep disturbance remitted had no adverse outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Insomnia symptoms and short sleep duration are less common in people with recently-diagnosed than chronic epilepsy. The temporal association with poor psycholosocial outcomes supports specific interventions addressing sleep disturbance.
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Weng TT, Yan SQ, Gao GP, Wei C, Tao FB. [Mobile phone use in early pregnant and infant sleep-wake behaviour in 6 months: a cohort study]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2020; 41:320-5. [PMID: 32294828 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2020.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of mobile phone use in early pregnancy, and to explore the relationship between pregnancy mobile use and infant sleep-wake behavior. Methods: During February 2015 to August 2016, 2 212 subjects who had their first antenatal examination at Maanshan Maternity and Child Health Hospital were recruited in this cohort study and followed until postpartum for 6 months. Information of phone use was collected through questionnaire in the third trimester. There were 1 779 pregnant reported hours of mobile phone use in the questionnaire. A total of 1 951 parent reported the night-wake times. Data on night-wake behavior in infants was collected during the 6 months study. Questionnaires were completed by parents when taking the physical examination. More than 3 times per night was defined as the night-wake frequency. Unconditional multivariate logistic regression was applied to analyze the association of pregnancy time of mobile phone use and the infant night-wake frequencies. Results: In this cohort study, the average age of 2 212 pregnant women was (26.95±3.82) years, with 1 983 of them were followed up to the time of delivery. The incidence of night-wake frequency was 28.3% (553/1 951) among these 6-month-old infants. After adjusted for feeding factors in the first trimester, frequencies of using the phone as "3 to 4 hour per day" and "5 hour and above per day" were both positively associated with the frequencies of night-wake behavior in infants. The adjusted OR (95%CI) were 1.49 (1.07-2.07) and 1.79 (1.31-2.46), respectively. Conclusions: The mobile phone use during pregnancy was associated with night-wake of infants. Mobile phone should be rationally used during pregnancy.
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CHOI WS, MOON OK, YEUM DM. Latent profile analysis of lifestyle characteristics and health risk behaviors among Koreans who have completed industrial accident care. Ind Health 2017; 55:460-470. [PMID: 28768939 PMCID: PMC5633362 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2017-0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study investigated the characteristics and health behavior profiles of 1,803 workers who had experienced industrial accidents. Average weekly exercise days, average number of cigarettes smoked per day, average daily sleep duration, and number of days of alcohol consumption were selected to investigate health behavior profiles. Specifically, latent profile analysis was applied to identify the health behavior profiles of people who had completed industrial accident care; the latent classes were the health-conscious type (n=240), the potential-risk type (n=850), and the high-risk type (n=713). Comparison of the health-conscious and potential-risk types indicated that younger subjects, the employed, and those with lower social status and life satisfaction were more likely to be the potential-risk type. Comparison of the health-conscious and high-risk types revealed that males, younger subjects, the employed, those without chronic illnesses, and those with lower social status and life satisfaction were more likely to be the high-risk type. The results suggest that industrial accident victims who have completed accident care have different health behaviors and it is necessary to improve health promotion based on health type characteristics.
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- Wan-Suk CHOI
- International University of Korea, Republic of Korea
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Hübler O. Health and weight - gender-specific linkages under heterogeneity, interdependence and resilience factors. Econ Hum Biol 2017; 26:96-111. [PMID: 28343116 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Revised: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a number of methodological issues and relevant influences on health. This paper investigates empirically whether neglecting these items leads to systematically different estimates. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study derives the following results. (1) Many combinations of weight and height lead to the same health status. (2) The relationship between health and body mass index is nonlinear. (3) Underweight strengthens individual health and severe obesity has a clear negative impact on health status. Underweight women are more affected than men but obese men are hit harder than women. (4) The hypothesis has to be rejected that weight has an exogenous influence on health. (5) A worse health status is linked with weight fluctuations and deviations between desired and actual working hours. (6) A healthy diet and long but not too long sleeping contribute to a good health status. Moreover, a good parental education and a high parental social status act favorably on health as does personal high income. (7) Four of the big five components of personality, namely openness, extraversion, conscientiousness and agreeableness, contribute to resilience against health problems.
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- Olaf Hübler
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Königsworther Platz 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany.
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Bilgin A, Wolke D. Development of comorbid crying, sleeping, feeding problems across infancy: Neurodevelopmental vulnerability and parenting. Early Hum Dev 2017; 109:37-43. [PMID: 28433797 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Regulatory problems (excessive crying, feeding, and sleeping difficulties), specifically their comorbidity, are early warning signs of future problems. Insensitive parenting and neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities have been suggested as factors explaining development or maintenance of regulatory problems. Nevertheless, none of the previous studies investigated these factors within the same sample across infancy, taking into account the reciprocal influences between maternal sensitivity and regulatory problems. AIM To investigate the prospective association between very preterm birth, comorbid regulatory problems and maternal sensitivity. SUBJECTS 178 participants including 73 very preterm/very low birth weight and 105 full-term infants and their caretakers. STUDY DESIGN A prospective study from birth to 18months. MEASURES Regulatory problems were measured at term, 3months and 18months with a structured parental interview. Maternal sensitivity was measured with a nurse observation at term; and a researcher observation of play tasks at 3months and at 18months. RESULTS Very preterm birth was associated with regulatory problems at term (β=0.19, SE=0.10, p<0.05) and at 18months (β=0.21, SE=0.10, p<0.05), while it had no association to maternal sensitivity across infancy. There were no cross-lagged reciprocal effects between maternal sensitivity and regulatory problems across infancy. Maternal sensitivity at term had a negative association to regulatory problems at 3months (β=-0.26, SE=0.12, p<0.05), but not from 3 to 18months. CONCLUSIONS Neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities provided more consistent prediction of regulatory problems in comparison to sensitive parenting.
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Yokoi T, Idogawa N, Kandori I, Nikkeshi A, Watanabe M. The choosing of sleeping position in the overnight aggregation by the solitary bees Amegilla florea urens in Iriomote Island of Japan. Naturwissenschaften 2017; 104:23. [PMID: 28271178 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-017-1438-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
In addition to the process of joining the sleeping aggregation, the choice of sleeping position is an important night-time behaviour of small diurnal insects because of the increased risk for predator attacks as well as bad weather. The aggregation behaviour of the solitary bee Amegilla florea urens was investigated to elucidate the choice of sleeping position on substrates. Male and female constructed single-sex aggregations on hanging leaves during May and June, respectively. Most individuals tended to form aggregations with other individuals while few individuals slept alone. During the aggregation forming, both the number of individuals that tried to join the aggregation and the completion time of aggregation increased with the number of sleeping individuals, whereas the success rate of joining was unaffected. The sleeping positions of subsequent arrivals on the substrates were higher than those of the first arrivals in female aggregations. Therefore, the first female to arrive tended to be located near the bottom of a hanging substrate. Dissecting sleeping females showed that they contained mature oocytes, indicating that sexually mature individuals formed aggregations. In male aggregations, however, we could not find a clear relationship between the position on substrates and the arrival sequence. We suggest that the purpose for sleeping in aggregations might be a dilution effect for nocturnal predation and that the females that finished both nesting and foraging quickly could choose the optimal positions in the aggregation when they arrived on the sleeping substrates.
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- Tomoyuki Yokoi
- Laboratory of Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara city, Nara, 631-8505, Japan
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- Laboratory of Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between the regions of menstrual pain and of myofascial pain syndrome, which is the main cause of musculoskeletal pain, as well as to examine the changes and relationships among the menstrual pain-related factors, which are pain level, pain area, activity, appetite, mood, and sleeping pattern. The subjects were 13 sufferers of musculoskeletal pain and 17 non-sufferers. Pain diary and pain chart systems were used for the measurement of menstrual pain-related factors and musculoskeletal pain. Data were analyzed using repeated ANOVA. The results show that there are significant differences between the two groups in pain level, activity, and mood during menstruation periods (P< 0.05). The area of musculoskeletal pain and menstrual pain were found to be the same.
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- Jang-Won Lee
- Department of Sports Health Medicine, College of Health Science, Jungwon University, Geosan-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Department of Sports Health Management, College of Physical Education, University of Suwon, Hwaseong, Korea
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