Association Between Subjective Symptoms Of Sleep Quality, Daytime Sleepiness And Declining Quality Of Life
Association Between Subjective Symptoms Of Sleep Quality, Daytime Sleepiness And Declining Quality Of Life
A study, "Longitudinal Evaluation of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Sleep Symptoms with Change in Quality of Life: The Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS)," in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep indicates that self-reported worsening in initiating and maintaining sleep over a five-year period was significantly associated with poorer mental quality of life, and increasing daytime sleepiness symptoms were associated with both poorer physical and mental quality of life.