Sleep and quality of life in medical illness

The first of its kind, Sleep and Quality of Life in Medical Illness provides an evidence-based introduction to the interface between sleep wide range of medical disorders. Many patients experience sleep disturbances secondary to their primary illness and this often has a negative effect on their quality of life. Sleep and Quality of Life in Medical Illness is essential reading for all health care professionals concerned with their patients’ well being. A clinically focused, comprehensive review for physicians and other health providers, this volume is a state-of-the-art reference work that can also serve as a textbook for students and researchers who wish to become familiar with the impact ofsleep on quality of life. INDICE: From the contents Quality of life in Medical Illness.- Patient versus Proxy Ratings of Quality of Life.- Criteria for Evaluating Quality of LifeMeasurement Tools.- Human sleep: an overview.- Sleep disorders: an overview.-Sleep and Quality of Life in Insomnia.- Effects of hypnotic drugs on sleep and quality of life in insomnia.- Melatonin and quality of life.- Sleep and quality of life in sleep apnea.- Sleep and quality of life in narcolepsy.- Sleep and quality of life in restless legs syndrome.- Sleep and Quality of Life in EDS and Hypersomnia.- Sleep and Quality of Life in REM related Parasomnias.- Sleep and quality of life in non- REM related Parasomnias.- Sleep and Quality of Life in elderly.- Sleep and quality of life in children.- Sleep and Quality oflife in neurological disease.- Sleep and Quality of life in Alzheimer's Disease.- Sleep and Quality of life in Headache and Migraine.- Sleep and Quality oflife in Parkinson's Disease.

• ISBN: 978-1-60327-340-4
• Editorial: Humana
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 480
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés