Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has coauthored a publication titled, “Associations of Deep Sleep and Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Family Relationships, Life Satisfaction and Physical Stress Experience in Children: A Caregiver Perspective,” in association with colleagues from Northwestern University, the University of Arizona Health Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Carrollwood School of Lake Magdalene, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and The University of Utah in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (Impact factor 4.3). The study concluded that deep sleep was positively associated with family relations, and life satisfaction and negatively with anger. Further, severe obstructive sleep apnea was associated with lower life satisfaction and higher physical stress experience. The study has implications for designing health promotion sleep hygiene programs.
