Insomnia and Sleeping Less Than Six Hours May Increase Risk of Cognitive Impairment
I – SOURCE OF THE ARTICLE WITH PUBLICATION DATE AND WORD COUNT:
Source of the article: https://neurosciencenews.com/insomnia-cognitive-impairment-17089/
(26/09/2020)
Word count: 643
II – VOCABULARY:
Word from the text | Synonym/definition in English | French translation |
A cognitive impairment | That is a cluster of cognitive conditions (stress, anxiety, depression, …) | Déficience cognitive |
sleeping patterns | Sleeping habits | Habitudes de sommeil |
An adverse health conditions | When something is wrong with your body. | Problèmes de santé |
To assess | To evaluate | Évaluer |
To account | To estimate | Estimer |
Sleep apnea | Difficulty to breathe wile sleeping (start and stop breathing constantly) | Apnée du sommeil |
A causality | A correlation | Une causalité |
Nevertheless | Nonetheless | Néanmoins |
To further show | To give more information | Montrer davantage |
To highlight | To accentuate something | Souligner |
That lead to | That cause | Ça mène à |
Clinical history | When you had health issues in the past. | Antécédants cliniques |
III – ANALYSIS TABLE ABOUT THE STUDY
Researchers? | Penn State College of Medicine researchers |
Published in? when (if mentioned)? | In the journal : Sleep |
General topic | Insomnia and not enough sleep can increase the risk of cognitive impairment |
Procedure/ what was examined | Examination of the sleeping of 1741 randomly selected adult people (one night) + tests (physical,mental), cognitive impairment? Take of substances? |
Conclusions/ discovery | People with insomnia and bad sleeping habits = 2x more risk of cognitive impairment than normal people. + More likely if -> already troubles and cardiometabolic conditions. |
Remaining questions | None |