Sleep is one of the three key pillars of a healthy lifestyle, along with diet and exercise.
The Hospital Research Foundation Group is proud support research which is discovering more about the importance of sleep and how to combat sleep issues to improve our overall health and wellbeing.
Professor Danny Eckert answers all your sleep questions
Sleep Support
Undertaking overnight sleep studies and analysing other sleep data to determine whether the electrophysiological changes experienced by people with sleep apnoea contributes to common heart rhythm problem Atrial Fibrillation (AF).
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With obstructive sleep apnoea four times more common among patients with AF than those without, Associate Professor Dominik Linz hopes that treating sleep apnoea might also prevent AF!
Investigating whether Bright Light Therapy can improve sleeping patterns, pain management and daily function in people with chronic pain.
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Dr Tiffany Gill is testing whether a portable glasses-like device which has two LEDs built into the bottom of each frame, can help shift circadian rhythm and improve sleep.
About 90% of men with depression experience insomnia, increasing their risk of future depression and relapse and reducing treatment response. However, insomnia is often neglected in depression management.
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Dr Nicole Lovato aims to trial a new model of care for men suffering from depression and insomnia.
Conducting sleep trials on the affects that wind turbine and traffic noise have on sleep and the body, with some people reporting poor health outcomes such as dizziness, headaches and sleep disturbance.
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PhD student Claire Dunbar is leading the study, with early findings indicating that low frequency noise does impact sleep.
Improving the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) by analysing the health data of over 1000 men across a timespan of 20 years to identify what factors are associated with the development of obstructive sleep apnoea.
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Chronic disease epidemiologist Dr Sarah Appleton hopes this work will help prevent associated health issues such as high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke.
Implementing new sleep and coping methods for patients staying overnight in hospital to improve the quality of a sleep they get.
A good night’s sleep, will in turn, improve their overall recovery and wellbeing.
Funding to help establish the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, which conducts world-class research and teaching in respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders to improve health through the science of sleep.
Researcher
Professor Danny Eckert heads up the state-of-the-art research facility which has a six-bedroom acoustically-treated laboratory with the latest technology to measure respiratory and brain function, test for the impacts of environmental noise on sleep and conduct live-in sleep deprivation and circadian experiments.
