Daytime sleepiness during Ramadan intermittent fasting: Polysomnographic and quantitative waking EEG study

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-101

  Roky, Rachida ^a,d   Chapotot, Florian ^b   Benchekroun, Majda Taoudi ^a   Benaji, Brahim ^a   Hakkou, Farid ^a   Elkhalifi, Hassan ^a   Buguet, Alain ^b,c  

^a Fac Med and Pharm of Casablanca   (Morocco)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^c SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^d HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Islamic fasting; MSLT; Sleepiness; Spectral analysis; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; MOSLEM; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RELIGION; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FASTING; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUM; SLEEP, REM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0038353850     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2003.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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