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The Painful Relationship Shared By Spinal Injury And Sleep Disorders, Pennie Seibert, Christian Zimmerman, Jennifer Valerio, Yustina Rafla, Fred Grimsley
The Painful Relationship Shared By Spinal Injury And Sleep Disorders, Pennie Seibert, Christian Zimmerman, Jennifer Valerio, Yustina Rafla, Fred Grimsley
Pennie S. Seibert
Introduction: People who sustain spinal injury (SI) also routinely complain about sleep disturbances. This coexistence negatively impacts general health, well-being, and recovery. Investigations of this complex relationship have been constrained by difficulty in acquiring valid data from people whose sleep disorder (SD) diagnoses are based on complete nocturnal polysomnography (NP) and multiple sleep latency tests (MSLT) rather than simple self-report data.
Methods: We constructed an 111-item questionnaire to use in conjunction with NP, MSLT, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and medical chart reviews of people referred for evaluation of SDs.
Results: We analyzed data from 721people who were diagnosed with …
Age Makes A Difference, Pennie Seibert, Tiffany Whitmore, Brian Dufty, Nichole Whitener, Fred Grimsley, Janat O'Donnell
Age Makes A Difference, Pennie Seibert, Tiffany Whitmore, Brian Dufty, Nichole Whitener, Fred Grimsley, Janat O'Donnell
Pennie S. Seibert
Considering the numerous adverse effects of sleep disorders, it is important to properly assess sleep problems in all age groups.
Short-Term Memory (Nature, Contents, Formation, Encoding, Organization), Pennie Seibert
Short-Term Memory (Nature, Contents, Formation, Encoding, Organization), Pennie Seibert
Pennie S. Seibert
No abstract provided.