NOTE: Heehee ganito ba itsura nung related lit???

panu ba format nun sensya na di pa ako nakakaexperience ng research papers eh mga pangbasic lang sa amin eh ahmmm wala akong mahanap ng percentage or rate ng mga naapektuhan ng insomnia especially sa mismong pilipinas. Paresearch na lang din nun tapos di ko sure kung tama ung pinagreresearch ko usap usap na lang kau kung ano ung aalisin. Tapos. Dagdagan nio na lang kung ano pa kelangan ilagay. Antok na ako eh di na gumagana utak ko. Paayos na lang din. THANKS! Hindi ko rin lam kung related ba ung signs and symptoms ng insomnia since and topic natin is how students are affected.ewan basta kau bahala kung kasama or hindi. Wala naman ako idea eh. Chat chat/ text text na lang kau ha Basta pag may problema text nio na lang ako. Paki inform na lang kay mitch and paforward to kasi la ako cel no. niya

TOPIC: How insomnia affects 1st year Medical Technology in their academic performance
MEANING OF INSOMNIA:

Insomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: difficulty sleeping, waking up too early, unrefreshing sleep, waking frequently through the night. When one has Insomnia it is difficult to initiate and/or maintain sleep. Some believe that Insomnia is not a disorder, it is a symptom that often indicated other problems. Other diagnosis, hold that Insomnia is the most common of all sleep disorders and perhaps the most frequent health complaint after pain. Severe cases can disrupt social and occupational function and is associated with depression, fatigue, and anxiety. Transient and intermittent Insomnia generally occur in people who are temporarily experiencing stress, environmental noise, extreme temperatures, change in ones environment, and sleep/wake schedule problems. Reference: http://essaymania.com/16909/insomnia
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Insomnia Significantly Affects the School Performance of College Students American Academy of Sleep Medicine Wednesday, May 14, 2008 EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE June 9, 2008, at 12:01 a.m.
WESTCHESTER, Ill. Insomnia complaints among college students are significantly associated with a decline in school performance based on self-reported grade-point average (GPA), according to a research abstract that will be nd presented on Monday at SLEEP 2008, the 22 Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). The study, authored by James F. Pagel, MD, of the University of Colorado, focused on 64 psychology, nursing and medical students, with an average age of 27.4 years. GPA (2.0 to 4.0) was split in the middle to form two groups: low GPA and high GPA. According to the results, 69.7 percent of those students with low GPAs had difficulty falling asleep. In addition, 53.1 percent of low GPA students experienced leg kicks or twitches at night, while 65.6 percent reported waking at night and having trouble falling back to sleep and 72.7 percent had difficulty concentrating during the day. "In college students, the complaint of difficulty concentrating during the day continues to have a considerable impact on their ability to succeed in the classroom, said Dr. Pagel. This study showed that disordered sleep has significant deleterious effects on a students academic performance, including GPA.

Insomnia is a classification of sleep disorders in which a person has trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or waking up too early. It is the most commonly reported sleep disorder. About 30 percent of adults have symptoms of insomnia. It is recommended that adults get between seven and eight hours of nightly sleep. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) offers the following tips on how to get a good nights sleep:

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Follow a consistent bedtime routine. Establish a relaxing setting at bedtime. Get a full nights sleep every night. Avoid foods or drinks that contain caffeine, as well as any medicine that has a stimulant, prior to bedtime. Do not bring your worries to bed with you. Do not go to bed hungry, but dont eat a big meal before bedtime either. Avoid any rigorous exercise within six hours of your bedtime. Make your bedroom quiet, dark and a little bit cool. Get up at the same time every morning.

Those who suspect that they might be suffering from insomnia, or another sleep disorder, are encouraged to consult with their primary care physician or a sleep specialist. The annual SLEEP meeting brings together an international body of 5,000 leading researchers and clinicians in the field of sleep medicine to present and discuss new findings and medical developments related to sleep and sleep disorders. More than 1,150 research abstracts will be presented at the SLEEP meeting, a joint venture of the AASM and the Sleep Research Society. The three-and-a-half-day scientific meeting will bring to light new findings that enhance the understanding of the processes of sleep and aid the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders such as insomnia, narcolepsy and sleep apnea. Abstract Title: Insomnia Significantly Affects the School Performance of College Students Presentation Date: Monday, June 9 Category: Insomnia Abstract ID: 0709 Reference: http://www.aasmnet.org/Articles.aspx?id=884

Insomnia highest among college students

By Jayne GestThe Post (Ohio U.) Adults age 18 to 29 are the most affected demographic, followed by 30- to 64-year-olds, adults with children and adults with poor health. Dr. Michael Hanek of Counseling Psychological Services at Hudson Health Center at Ohio University said many times people are getting less sleep because of daily life stressors. "They take work and worry with them to bed, when they need to be kept separate," Hanek said. Insomniacs have to learn to think positive and stop worrying before going to bed in order to relax and sleep restfully. College students often face insomnia because of the varying sleep schedules between weeknights and weekend nights. Sunday is "insomnia night" and Mondays can be problematic while the body is trying to readjust to the weekday sleep schedule, he said. Wednesday is the most efficient day of the week for sleeping. People suffering with insomnia can become irritable, tired and less creative, Hanek said. Also insomnia is a symptom of depression and severe anxiety.

The fast-paced lives of people like doctors, pilots and commercial drivers can lead to insomnia, according to the poll. People who experience inadequate sleep are more likely to quarrel, overeat and experience stress. While insomnia is on the rise, health-care professionals said treatment options also are increasing. Dr. Daniel Marazon, an associate professor of family medicine at OU's College of Osteopathic Medicine, said insomnia is a broad condition with several categories. Transient insomnia only lasts for a few days and usually is caused by temporary stress, excitement and anxiety such as hosting a party or jet lag, Marazon said. Short-term insomnia typically lasts two to three weeks, and results from ongoing stress such as marital problems or death of a loved one. Chronic insomnia, the most serious, occurs on most nights and lasts for more than a month, Marazon said. It often is caused by physical conditions such as restless legs in bed or breathing problems. U.S. residents increasingly are turning to medications to help them sleep better. According to the poll, reliance on sleeping pills has increased 11 percent since the 2001 poll. But Marazon said the pills provide temporary relief and frequent use can lead to worse insomnia. "Insomnia is cumulative," Hanek said, which makes the United States' sleep debt very hard to catch up on. But if U.S. citizens start now and learn to sleep more, they can have happier and healthier lives.

Reference : http://www.districtchronicles.com/insomnia-highest-among-college-students-1.2444559

College students' performance suffers from lack of sleep

By Tali Yahalom, USA TODAY
Colleges are starting to wake up to how sleep deprivation cuts into the academic and athletic performance of their students. All-nighters have become a habit in higher education, but a handful of small new studies help document the consequences. A study at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., indicated what may seem obvious to most: All-nighters are not an effective way to succeed in school. "You can't do your best work when you're sleep-deprived," says psychology professor Pamela Thacher, who wrote the study. Thacher studied the sleeping patterns and transcripts of 111 students to see the correlation between sleep and their GPAs. Two-thirds of the students reported that they had pulled at least one all-nighter during a semester. Many students believe that it's a "rite of passage" to stay up all night during college and that "it's kind of fun," Thacher says. But "if you use all-nighters, your GPA is slightly lower on average," Thacher says. "Pulling allnighters compromises your (overall) sleep" and makes it difficult to reach full academic potential.

Short-term side effects of sleep deprivation include delayed reactions and tendencies to make mistakes. A Stanford University study may help persuade at least student athletes to make more time for bed. Cheri Mah, a graduate researcher at Stanford, worked with six basketball players, who all ran faster and made more shots over a period in which they slept at least 10 hours a night. "Athletes who get an extra amount of sleep are more likely to improve their performance in a game," says Mah, who released results from an ongoing study in June. "It's not common knowledge, because if people understood how much of a difference (getting more sleep) could make athletically," they'd incorporate it more into their lives and not focus solely on nutrition and exercise. The effects are felt in older adults as well. A study this summer in the journal SLEEP examined the heart conditions of 39 adults, ages 22 to 45, whose heart rates were tested twice the morning after a 10-hour sleep and then again after five consecutive four-hour sleeps using a portable monitor. The research found that when adults had little sleep at night, they had much faster heartbeats and less heart rate variability the next day. The variability is generally a sign of healthy interaction between heart and brain. "Sleep (deficit) built up over just five nights can significantly stress the heart," says University of Pennsylvania researcher Siobhan Banks, a lead author in the study. Sleep experts say the amount of sleep each person needs is largely dependent on the individual: Some people can get by with only five or six hours. The National Sleep Foundation says adults need seven to nine hours a night. But even with suggested sleep timetables and recommendations, most people don't listen. "College is the land of NoDoz and caffeine and stimulants," says Harlan Cohen, author of The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College. "People aren't doing it necessarily because they want a buzz but because they want to keep

their eyes open."

Solutions of other universities for their students who are having insomnia

SNOOZE-WORTHY IDEAS AT FOUR SCHOOLS

Schools have begun to notice the link between sleep and performance: Duke University in North Carolina offers a stress-free haven known as The Oasis. Students enjoy the citrus-colored room for its floor-to-ceiling windows, water fountain and electric massage chairs. "We're trying to create environments where students can go to get away from stress so that they can work more productively ... and (maybe) get to sleep earlier," says Duke's director of health promotion, Franca Alphin. The University of California-Los Angeles will offer a 10-week program this fall to help students with insomnia. The University of Maryland offers educational programs to teach about more common sleep disorders and how to manage time better. "It's an issue that affects everyone," says Tracy Zeeger, coordinator of wellness programs. Rice University in Houston launched a campaign to urge undergraduates to keep a regular bedtime to reap the health and academic benefits. Though attendance records and participant satisfaction have been consistently high, the long-term goal of behavior change has not yet been measured.

Reference: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-16-sleep-deprivation_N.htm

Different types of Insomnia which our affect our sleep patterns

Types of Insomnia are: Sleep Onset Insomnia (delayed sleep Phase Syndrome): a disorder in whichy the major sleep episode is delayed in relation to the desires clock time which one wishes to be awakened. Idiopathic Insomnia: A life long inability to obtain adequate sleep that isy due to an abnormality of the neurological control of the sleep-wake system. Psychophysiological Insomnia: A disorder or somatized tension (conversiony of anxiety into physical symptoms) and learned sleep - preventing associated with results in a complaint of Insomnia and associated decreased functioning during wakefulness. Childhood Insomnia (limit-setting Sleep Disorder): Primarily a childhoody disorder that is characterized by the inadequate enforcement of bed times by a caretaker with resultant stalling or refusal to go to bed at the appropriate time. Food Allergy Insomnia: A disorder of initiating and maintaining sleep duey to an allergic response to food allergens. Environmental Insomnia (Environmental Sleep disorder): A sleep disordery disturbance due to a disturbing environmental factor that causes a complaint of either Insomnia or excessive sleepiness. Transient Insomnia (Adjustment Sleep Disorder): Represents sleepy disturbance temporally related to acute stress, conflict or environmental change causing emotional agitation. Periodic Insomnia (Non 24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome): Consists of a chronicy steady pattern consisting of 1-2 hour daily delays in sleep onset and wake times in an individual living in society. Altitude Insomnia: An acute Insomnia usually accompanied by headaches, lossy of appetite, and fatigue, that occurs following ascent to high altitudes.

Hypnotic-Dependency Insomnia (Hypnotic Dependent Sleep Disorder): Characterized by Insomnia or excessive sleepiness that is associated with tolerance to or withdrawal from hypnotic medications. Stimulant Dependent Sleep Disorder: Characterized by a reduction of sleepiness or suppression of sleep by central stimulants and resultant alterations in wakefulness following drug abstinence. Alcohol Dependent Insomnia (Alcohol Dependent Sleep Disorder): Characterized by the sustained ingestion of sleep onset by the sustained ingestion of alcohol that is used for its hypnotic effect. Toxins Induced Sleep Disorders: Characterized by either Insomnia or excessive sleepiness produced by poisoning with heavy metals or organic toxins. There are many different causes for insomnia that affect diverse groups of people in lots of ways. Causes for insomnia may range from the psychological to physiological. Causes of chronic insomnia associated with psychological problems can be deeply rooted in stress, anxiety and /or depression. Insomnia associated with medical problems can be caused by a variety of things including: anemia, asthma, kidney dysfunction, diabetes, HIV, and a variety of medication side effects. Insomnia can also be due to poor eating habits, caffeine, and lack of exercise.