Category: Demographics

Demographics

What Might Be Obstructing Your Patient’s CPAP Adherence

Insidious factors impact sleep disorder screening, diagnosis, treatment, and surprisingly, even the likelihood of a sleep disorder as seemingly based on a physical blockage as OSA.

Demographics

Wakix Approved for Narcolepsy Treatment in Children in Europe

The European Medicines Agency approved Wakix for the treatment of narcolepsy in children over 6 years of age, with or without cataplexy.

Health Care Workers Are Frazzled—And Poor Sleep May Turn Stress Into Poor Mental Health
ResMed Survey Highlights Disparities in Sleep Quantity and Quality Across Countries, Gender, and Age
AASM, CHEST Grant Winner to Research Sleep Apnea Phenotype in Latin American Women
Mobile Devices Can Actually Help Teenagers Sleep Better
Minority Patients Significantly Less Likely to Be Prescribed Insomnia Medication
Irregular Sleeping Patterns Increase Blood Pressure in Teens With More Belly Fat
Regional Home Care to Refund Massachusetts Medicaid Members in $2.5 Million Settlement

Demographics

Bad Dreams in Children Linked to a Higher Risk of Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease in Adulthood—New Study

Remarkably, compared with children who never had bad dreams, those who had persistent bad dreams were 76% more likely to develop cognitive impairment and were 640% more likely to develop Parkinson’s.

Age

3 Adolescent Sleep Myths to Debunk

Sleep health researchers shine light on some of the most common myths held by parents and caregivers about their adolescents’ sleep.

Sex

Sleep Apnea-Related Deaths Have Been Stable for About a Decade—Except in Black Men, Where Mortality Continues to Rise

The death of black men from sleep apnea has continued to rise, in contrast to rates that have flattened for white people and Black females.

Race/Ethnicity

Sleep Disturbances Common in Patients Who Recovered from COVID

“Sleep difficulties are are highly prevalent and debilitating symptoms reported in patients with post-acute sequealae of COVID-19."

Relationship Status

Bed Sharing with a Partner Linked with Better Sleep, But Bed Sharing with a Child Linked to Worse Sleep

A study presented at SLEEP 2022 finds that those who shared a bed with a partner most nights reported less severe insomnia, less fatigue, and more time asleep than those who said they never share a bed with a partner.

Career

VA Proposes Major Changes to Sleep Apnea Compensation Criteria

The VA proposes to revise the rating criteria for sleep apnea to primarily provide compensation more compatible with earning impairment.

Socioeconomic

Extra Sleep Didn’t Improve Work Productivity in Study of Low-Income Workers in India

Further work could attempt to change the sleeping circumstances of low-income workers to see if better sleep quality, not just increased sleep quantity, makes a difference.

Regional

National Sleep Foundation Reveals 2022 Sleep in America Poll Results

The 2022 Sleep in America Poll documents opportunities to improve daily activities linked with a range of positive sleep and health outcomes.