Synopses & Reviews
Aus den Rezensionen:
"... Die ... Kapitel wurden von internationalanerkannten Fachleuten geschrieben, was sich in einer hohen wissenschaftlichen Qualitñt niederschlñgt. ... Thematisch spricht das Buch alle relevanten Ebenen ... des Gesundheitsbegriffes und der funktionellen Behinderung im Alltagsleben der Betroffen an. Aus diesem Grund wird es rasch zu einem wertvollen Standard- und Referenzwerk für den primñr versorgenden Mediziner sowie alle Verantwortlichen im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen werden. Für die praktische Arbeit der Mediziner sind die Fragen zur Behinderung durch exzessive Tagesschlñfrigkeit und die teils invalidisierenden Auswirkungen von besonderem Interesse ..." (R. Khatami, in: Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychatrie, April/2009)
Review
From the reviews: "This book is targeted to healthcare professionals who treat patients with sleep disorders and are concerned about the patients' overall well-being and how the disorders impact their quality of life. It also is an excellent resource for students and researchers in the field of sleep medicine who wish to examine the impact of sleep on quality of life. ... is a comprehensive and well organized book on the important issue of sleep and quality of life." (Isabel L. Crisostomo, Doody's Review Service, August, 2008) "The book provide an overview of the relationship between sleep and quality of life. ... Most chapters share a specified format, beginning with a summary and lists of keywords and learning objectives and closing with conclusions and a review of problems ... . This format provides a consistency that enhances the usefulness of the book. ... The primary readership should be sleep clinicians, researchers, and medical and postdoctoral students. The book's strengths include an easily readable style, with little medical jargon." (Clete A. Kushida, New England Journal of Medicine, October, 2008) "Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine encompasses 53 chapters closely looking at sleep disturbances induced by specific sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy ... . useful for readers who know little about sleep medicine. ... covers what the readers has always and never wanted to know about sleep, its associated medical disorders, and quality of life. The book likewise includes a useful bibliography with references dated ... as well as an 18-page index, both of which are helpful when navigating through chapters." (Michelle Cao, Journal of the American Medical Association, November, 2008)
Review
From the reviews:
"This book is targeted to healthcare professionals who treat patients with sleep disorders and are concerned about the patients' overall well-being and how the disorders impact their quality of life. It also is an excellent resource for students and researchers in the field of sleep medicine who wish to examine the impact of sleep on quality of life. ... is a comprehensive and well organized book on the important issue of sleep and quality of life." (Isabel L. Crisostomo, Doody's Review Service, August, 2008)
"The book provide an overview of the relationship between sleep and quality of life. ... Most chapters share a specified format, beginning with a summary and lists of keywords and learning objectives and closing with conclusions and a review of problems ... . This format provides a consistency that enhances the usefulness of the book. ... The primary readership should be sleep clinicians, researchers, and medical and postdoctoral students. The book's strengths include an easily readable style, with little medical jargon." (Clete A. Kushida, New England Journal of Medicine, October, 2008)
"Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine encompasses 53 chapters closely looking at sleep disturbances induced by specific sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy ... . useful for readers who know little about sleep medicine. ... covers what the readers has always and never wanted to know about sleep, its associated medical disorders, and quality of life. The book likewise includes a useful bibliography with references dated ... as well as an 18-page index, both of which are helpful when navigating through chapters." (Michelle Cao, Journal of the American Medical Association, November, 2008)
Synopsis
The first of its kind, Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine 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 Clinical Medicine 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 of sleep on quality of life.
Synopsis
Had you looked up quality of life (QOL) in Index Medicus premature deaths. Procedures ranging from joint replacement priorto1975, yoursearchwouldhavebeenfruitless. Although and coronary bypass surgery to treatments for arthritis and thetermwasmostlikely?rstintroducedbyKarnofskyin1949 sleep disturbances do little to increase longevity; rather, they within the realm of chemotherapy for cancer patients (1), it make it easier for the person to function in his or her daily was not used as a key word in Index Medicus for another 26 life. A cynical perspective would say that clinicians are now interested in QOL to justify their existence, as interventions years. Since that time, there has been an exponential growth in such as hip replacement cannot be rationalized on the basis the number of articles about QOL. Figure 1 shows the number of preserving lives. However, as people live longer, they do of unique articles cited each year in Medline and PsycInfo: 7 in fact become more susceptible to disorders and conditions in 1970, 331 in 1980, not quite 1800 in 1990, slightly over that interfere with activities of daily living and consequently 6000 in 2000, and nearly 11,000 in 2005. Once the domain of decrease their QOL. mainly medicine and psychology, QOL has found its way into A second factor is the realization that QOL is not syno- every aspect of health care, including physiotherapy, oc- mous with the absence of symptoms: patients with serious pational therapy, social work, nursing, and others."
Synopsis
Many patients experience sleep disturbances secondary to their primary illness and this often has a negative effect on their quality of life. This book provides an evidence-based introduction to the interface between sleep wide range of medical disorders. A clinically focused, comprehensive review for physicians and other health providers, this state-of-the-art reference can also serve as a textbook for those who wish to become familiar with the impact of sleep on quality of life.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Quality of life in Medical Illness
Kathleen W. Wyrwich & Cynthia R. Gross
Chapter 2. Patient versus Proxy Ratings of Quality of Life
Naresh M. Punjabi
Chapter 3. Criteria for Evaluating Quality of Life Measurement Tools
Cynthia R. Gross & Kathleen W. Wyrwich
Chapter 4. Human sleep: an overview
Jaime M. Monti & Daniel Monti
Chapter 5. Sleep disorders: an overview
Geneviève St-Jean & Célyne H. Bastien
Chapter 6. Sleep and Quality of Life in Insomnia
Damien Leger
Chapter 7. Effects of hypnotic drugs on sleep and quality of life in insomnia
Chris Alford & Sue Wilson
Chapter 8. Melatonin and quality of life
Venkataramanujan Srinivasan, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Warren Spence, Daniel P. Cardinali, and Marcel G. Smits
Chapter 9. Sleep and quality of life in sleep apnea
Amy D. Atkeson & Robert C. Basner
Chapter 10. Sleep and quality of life in narcolepsy
Meeta Goswami
Chapter 11. Sleep and quality of life in restless legs syndrome
Marco Zucconi & Mauro Manconi
Chapter 12. Sleep and Quality of Life in EDS and Hypersomnia
Henry J. Moller & Shirley Lam
13. Sleep and Quality of Life in REM related Parasomnias
Luigi Ferini Strambi & Maria Livia Fantini
14. Sleep and quality of life in non- REM related Parasomnias
Mark R Pressman
15. Sleep and Quality of Life in elderly
Alia Khan-Hudson & Cathy A. Alessi
16. Sleep and quality of life in children
Ron B. Mitchell & James Kelly
17. Sleep and Quality of life in neurological disease
Sheldon Kapen
18. Sleep and Quality of life in Alzheimer's Disease
Doug Neef & David Larson
19. Sleep and Quality of life in Headache and Migraine
Jeanetta C. Rains & Donald B. Penzien
20. Sleep and Quality of life in Parkinson's Disease
Daisy L Whitehead, Rosalind Mitchell-Hay, Prashant Reddy, Sharon Muzerengi, K Ray Chaudhuri
21. Sleep and Quality of life in Chronic Pain
Dieuwke S. Veldhuijzen, Joel D. Greenspan, Michael T. Smith
22. Sleep and Quality of life in Multiple Sclerosis
Juna M. de Vries
23. Sleep and Quality of life in Neuromuscular Disorders
Amanda J Piper
24. Sleep and Quality of life in Autism
Susan G. McGrew & Beth Malow
25. Sleep and Quality of life in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Eva Libman
26. Sleep and Quality of life in Anxiety Disorders
Matthew R. Ebben & Arthur J Spielman
27. Sleep and Quality of life in Depression
Okan Caliyurt
28. Sleep and Quality of life in ADHD
Evelijne M Bekker, JJ Sandra Kooij, Jan Buitelaar
29. Sleep and Quality of life in Eating Disorders
Jennifer D. Lundgren, John P. O'Reardon, Kelly C. Allison, Carrie D. Spresser
30. Sleep and Quality of life in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Alain Nicolas
31. Sleep and Quality of life in Schizophrenia
John R. Hofstetter & Aimee Mayeda
32. Sleep and Quality of life in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma
Barbara A Caldwell & Nancy Redeker
33. Caffeine, Sleep and Quality of life
Monicque M Lorist & Jan Snel
34. Alcohol use & Alcoholism, Sleep and Quality of life
Timothy Roehrs & Thomas Roth
35. Drugs of Abuse, Sleep and Quality of Life
Brian Johnson
36. Sleep and Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Disease
Nancy S Redeker
37. Sleep and Quality of Life in Heart failure and stroke
Erik C. Skobel, Christine Norra, Anil Martin Sinha, Winfried Randerath
38. Sleep and Quality of Life in Cardiac Surgery
Nancy S Redeker
39. Sleep and Quality of Life in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
William C. Orr & Chien- Lin Chen
40. Sleep and Quality of Life in Allergic Rhinitis
Helene J Krouse & John H Krouse
41. Sleep and Quality of Life in Kidney Disease
Samir S Patel, Vivek Jain, Paul L Kimmel
42. Sleep and Quality of Life in Kidney Transplantation
Miklos Zsolt Molnar, Istvan Mucsi, Marta Novak
43. Sleep and Quality of Life in Nocturia and Nocturnal Polyuria
Ragnar Asplund
44. Sleep and Quality of Life in Cystic Fibrosis
Amanda J Piper & Catherine J Dobbin
45. Sleep and Quality of Life in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Deborah Da Costa
46. Sleep and Quality of Life in Obesity
Bharati Prasad and James J. Herdegen
47. Sleep and Quality of Life in Endocrine Diseases
Elisabetta H Quik & Hans PFK Koppeschaar
48. Sleep and Quality of Life in Diabetes
Robert P Skomro
49. Sleep and Quality of Life in Cancer
Ora Paltiel & Randi Greenwald
50. Sleep and Quality of Life in Head and Neck Neoplasm
Roy Rada
51. Menopause, Sleep and Quality of Life
Robert R Freedman
52. Sleep and Quality of Life in pregnancy and post-partum
Magdie Kohn & Brian James Murray
53. Sleep and Quality of Life in HIV and AIDS
Louise McGrath & Steven Reid