The utility and feasibility of assessing sleep disruption in a men's health clinic using a mobile health platform device: A pilot study.
Hai H LeRachel Marie E SalasAlyssa GamaldoKevin L BillupsPeter DziedzicSeulah ChoiNeftali BermudezRoland J ThorpeCharlene E GamaldoPublished in: International journal of clinical practice (2017)
This pilot study demonstrated the feasibility and potential utility of an mHealth platform to assist clinicians, within a men's health clinic, in detecting sleep disturbances. Disrupted sleep was revealed in well over half of this sample of patients. As a result of the growing evidence linking poor sleep and sleep disorders (eg, OSA) to the conditions relevant to men's health (eg, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism and BPH), further efforts beyond this pilot study are necessary to identify the aetiological processes underlying the association between specific disrupted sleep disorders and urological conditions.
Keyphrases
- sleep quality
- physical activity
- healthcare
- public health
- mental health
- health information
- primary care
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- human health
- prognostic factors
- high throughput
- chronic kidney disease
- depressive symptoms
- patient reported outcomes
- climate change
- single cell
- resting state
- social media
- functional connectivity