Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
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CENC - Sleep Medicine Center, Rua Conde das Antas 5, 1070-068, Lisbon, Portugal

Biography

Dr. Tathiana Alvarenga, is currently working in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech), Taiwan. Tathiana Alvarenga, areas of expertise include Sleep Medicine, Sleep disoredrs etc.,

Publications

• Research Article   
  A Retrospective Study Suggests that Chronic Insomnia Behaves as a Neurodegenerative Disorder
  Author(s): Dulce Neutel*, Tathiana Alvarenga, Cátia Reis and Teresa Paiva
  
  Insomnia is a prevalent sleep disorder. We examined chronic insomnia in terms of subjective and objective measures, according to self-reported duration of disorder. 443 patients were included from a sleep clinic diagnosed with chronic insomnia (ICSD3 criteria). Patients were retrospectively evaluated in terms of medical interview, sleep questionnaires, a standard polysomnography study, and subdivided in subgroups according to disorder duration. We compared patient’s results to a control group. Insomnia and control groups were significantly different in terms of TST, SE, SOL, N1 sleep, REM sleep, REM latency and number of REM episodes (p<0.05). For the group of ≤1 year of insomnia disorder all PSG parameters were statistically different from controls, except N2% and N3%, REM latency, and number of REM episodes. In the groups of 2 to 4 years, 10 to 19 years, and ≥ 20 year.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0277.20.9.309

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