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Sustained attention assessment of narcoleptic patients: two case reports

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable REM sleep attacks which alter the patients wake state and can lead to difficulties in attention aspects, such as maintaining attention when performing activities or tasks. This study aimed to evaluate sustained attention performance of t...

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Autores principales: Moraes, Mirleny, Wilson, Barbara A., Rossini, Sueli, Osternack-Pinto, Kátia, Reimão, Rubens
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-57642009DN20400020
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author Moraes, Mirleny
Wilson, Barbara A.
Rossini, Sueli
Osternack-Pinto, Kátia
Reimão, Rubens
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description Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable REM sleep attacks which alter the patients wake state and can lead to difficulties in attention aspects, such as maintaining attention when performing activities or tasks. This study aimed to evaluate sustained attention performance of two narcoleptic patients on the d2 Test, Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D). Results showed that the maintenance of attention was associated with a slowing of the target symbols processing function in visual scanning with accuracy in task performance. A high degree of excessive sleepiness was observed, along with mild and moderate degrees of depressive signs and symptoms. One subject also presented with a nocturnal sleep disorder which could represent an important factor affecting attentional and affective capacity.
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spelling pubmed-56190922017-12-06 Sustained attention assessment of narcoleptic patients: two case reports Moraes, Mirleny Wilson, Barbara A. Rossini, Sueli Osternack-Pinto, Kátia Reimão, Rubens Dement Neuropsychol Case Report Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable REM sleep attacks which alter the patients wake state and can lead to difficulties in attention aspects, such as maintaining attention when performing activities or tasks. This study aimed to evaluate sustained attention performance of two narcoleptic patients on the d2 Test, Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D). Results showed that the maintenance of attention was associated with a slowing of the target symbols processing function in visual scanning with accuracy in task performance. A high degree of excessive sleepiness was observed, along with mild and moderate degrees of depressive signs and symptoms. One subject also presented with a nocturnal sleep disorder which could represent an important factor affecting attentional and affective capacity. Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC5619092/ /pubmed/29213597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-57642009DN20400020 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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