Polysomnography scoring-related training and quantitative assessment for improving interscorer agreement.

Study Objectives: To efficiently improve the scoring competency of scorers with varying levels of experience across regions in Taiwan, we developed a training program with a cloud-based polysomnography scoring platform to evaluate and improve interscorer agreement.

Methods: A total of 70 scorers from 34 sleep centers in Taiwan (job tenure: 0.5-39.

Directions of Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy and Parkinson's Disease.

Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for movement disorders and neurological/psychiatric disorders. DBS has been approved for the control of Parkinson disease (PD) and epilepsy.

Objectives: A systematic review and possible future direction of DBS system studies is performed in the open loop and closed-loop configuration on PD and epilepsy.

Psychological and behavioral factors in patients with comorbid obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia.

Objective: Insomnia symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are commonly assumed to be secondary to respiratory disturbances. Previous studies, however, showed that insomnia might persist after treatment for OSA. Higher levels of emotional disturbances were reported in OSA patients with insomnia than those without insomnia, which suggests that psychological factors may play an important role for their sleep difficulties.