What you believe is what you get? A systematic review examining how beliefs and attitudes about sleep are associated with sleep duration in non-clinical samples.

A burgeoning area of research is investigating whether beliefs and attitudes about sleep are associated with sleep duration in individuals without clinical conditions (e.g., insomnia, depression, anxiety, chronic pain).

Move your feet and sleep: A longitudinal dynamic analysis of self-reported exercise, sedentary behavior, and insomnia symptoms.

Introduction: Insomnia symptoms are associated with poor physical and mental health. Exercise is associated with good sleep while sedentary behavior is associated with poor sleep. This study investigated the longitudinal, dynamic associations among exercise, sedentary behavior, and insomnia symptoms.

Implementation of STAR-VA for behavioral symptoms of dementia in acute care: Lessons learned.

As the population grows, the incidence of dementia will increase. A common occurrence in people with dementia is behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). BPSD can include apathy, aggression, resistance to care, and agitation.

Insomnia Symptoms and Environmental Disruptors: A Preliminary Evaluation of Veterans in a Subacute Rehabilitation.

Objectives: Evaluate insomnia symptoms and environmental disruptors at admission and discharge in a subacute rehabilitation care setting.

Methods: Veterans (age ≥50) admitted to a Veterans Health Administration (VA) Hospital subacute rehabilitation between March and August 2022 completed baseline ( = 46) and follow up ( = 33) assessments with the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Sleep Need Questionnaire (SNQ), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and an assessment of environmental sleep disruptors. Veterans were offered sleep resources after admission evaluations and outpatient referrals after discharge evaluations.

The natural history of insomnia: evaluating illness severity from acute to chronic insomnia; is the first the worst?

Study Objectives: The 3P and 4P models represent illness severity over the course of insomnia disorder. The 3P model suggests that illness severity is worst during acute onset. The 4P model suggests that illness severity crescendos with chronicity.

Challenging beliefs for quality sleep: A systematic review of maladaptive sleep beliefs and treatment outcomes following cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is an empirically supported intervention for insomnia. Given the strong, consistent support of its efficacy, scholars have become increasingly interested in the behavioral and cognitive mechanisms targeted during CBT-I. The purpose of the systematic review was to synthesize findings from the literature regarding the associations among maladaptive sleep beliefs, a cognitive mechanism implicated in maintaining insomnia, and treatment outcomes following CBT-I.

The Assessment of Post-COVID Fatigue and Its Relationship to the Severity and Duration of Acute COVID Illness.

Emerging data suggests that COVID-19 is associated with fatigue well beyond the acute illness period. The present analysis aimed to: (1) characterize the prevalence and incidence of high fatigue at baseline and follow-up; (2) examine the impact of COVID-19 diagnosis on fatigue level following acute illness; and (3) examine the impact of acute COVID-19 symptom severity and duration on fatigue at follow-up. Subjects ( = 1417; 81.

Development, adaptation, and clinical implementation of the Later-Adulthood Trauma Reengagement (LATR) group intervention for older veterans.

Later in life Veterans may report increased thoughts and memories of traumatic military experience in the context of age-related changes, a process called Later-Adulthood Trauma Reengagement (LATR); this process may lead to resilience or distress. We describe the development of a 10-session group intervention with goals of providing psychoeducation about LATR, enhancing stress management and coping skills, and fostering meaning making. We characterize implementation and outcome characteristics for seven group cohorts over 5 years; groups were completed in-person or virtually.

Sleep Continuity, Sleep Related Daytime Dysfunction, and Problem Endorsement: Do These Vary Concordantly by Age?

Objectives: Sleep continuity (i.e., ability to initiate and/or maintain sleep) worsens with age.

Predictors of Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Uptake, Adherence, Completion, and Treatment Response Among Male U.S. Veterans With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Objective: To examine predictors of uptake (never start), adherence (drop out), and completion of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), as well as PR treatment response based on minimal clinically important difference (MCID) on the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) distance and Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire-Self-Report (CRQ-SR).

Design: Retrospective, cohort study.

Setting: Veterans Health Administration.

Insomnia Severity and Degree of Dysfunction: What Is to Be Learned When These Domains are Discordant?

Objective/background: Illness severity and resultant dysfunction are often linearly related and tightly coupled (concordant). Some percentage of individuals, however, exhibit discordant associations (high illness severity and low dysfunction [HL] or low illness severity and high dysfunction [LH]). In the present study, a sample of subjects with insomnia complaints were evaluated to determine what percentage of subjects exhibited discordant associations.

Sleep Well!: A Pilot Study of an Education Campaign to Improve Sleep of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children.

Study Objectives: Socioeconomically disadvantaged children are at risk for poor sleep hygiene and increased sleep problems. This pilot study examined the efficacy of Sleep Well!, a parent-based sleep education endeavor, which supplemented an outreach program that provides beds to socioeconomically disadvantaged children.

Methods: In addition to receiving a bed, 152 children (mean age = 5.