Sundown syndrome and symptoms of anxiety and depression in hospitalized elderly.

Unlabelled: Sundown syndrome is characterized by the sudden appearance of neuropsychiatric symptoms such as agitation, confusion and anxiety in a chronologic fashion, usually during late afternoon or early evening.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of sundown syndrome in university hospital wards and its relationship with anxiety/depression symptoms, cognitive decline, and clinical and demographic variables.

Methods: We evaluated 70 patients admitted to the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital (HULW), João Pessoa-PB, Brazil.

Relationship between chronotype and quality of sleep in medical students at the Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify chronotypes of medical students at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and its relationship to quality of sleep, daytime sleepiness, age, sex and season of birth.

Methods: The final sample consisted of 221 students, assessed by four questionnaires: demographic questionnaire, Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality lndex (PSQI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).

Results: There was a statistically significant difference between groups with respect to chronotypes and PSQI score (p<0.

Efficacy of soy isoflavones for depressive symptoms of the climacteric syndrome.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of soy isoflavones extract (SIE) in the treatment of depressive symptoms in women with climacteric syndrome.

Methods: Placebo-controlled double-blind randomized study with 84 climacteric outpatients attended in the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital in Joao Pessoa (PB), Brazil. In the assessment of the depressive symptoms, the Brazilian version of the Center of Epidemiologic Studies of Depression (CES-D) scale was used, on the pre-treatment visits (VT1), 8th (VT2) and 16th (VT3) weeks after treatment.