Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Sleep Disorders

Sleep disorders are conditions that disrupt the normal pattern, quality, timing, or amount of sleep, affecting a person's ability to rest and function well during waking hours. They encompass a wide range of problems, including insomnia, in which falling or staying asleep is difficult; sleep apnea, in which breathin…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 21× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Sleep disorders are conditions that disrupt the normal pattern, quality, timing, or amount of sleep, affecting a person's ability to rest and function well during waking hours. They encompass a wide range of problems, including insomnia, in which falling or staying asleep is difficult; sleep apnea, in which breathing is repeatedly interrupted during sleep; hypersomnia and narcolepsy, which involve excessive sleepiness; circadian rhythm disorders, in which the timing of sleep is misaligned; and parasomnias such as REM sleep behavior disorder. Although often not immediately life-threatening, sleep disorders can have substantial effects on physical health, mental well-being, cognitive performance, and safety, and they are linked to a range of medical and psychological conditions. Diagnosis may involve clinical assessment, sleep diaries, actigraphy, and laboratory sleep studies, while management ranges from behavioral and lifestyle interventions to devices, medication, and treatment of underlying causes. This page draws on the journal's peer-reviewed, open-access research on sleep and its disorders, including studies of the endocannabinoid system in sleep regulation, actigraphic sleep monitoring in night eating syndrome, the relationship between ultra-processed food consumption and sleep disturbances, delayed sleep phase syndrome, and narcolepsy. Together these works illustrate the breadth of research into the causes, assessment, and treatment of sleep disorders.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Sleep Disturbances and Hip Fractures

Marks RayCorresponding author
Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY 10027, United States
Exact topic Aging Research And Healthcare Cited by 3 doi:10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3495

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 21 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Sleep Disorders, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Thorax.

Journal editorial board
Hyunmin Choi · South Korea Dott Antonio Molino · Italy Christophoros Foroulis · Greece

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.