Walaa W Aly Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Mobile; Salivary amylase; Quality of sleep; HRQL
Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Walaa Aly received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt, in 2000 and 2006, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Intelligent Systems, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan, in 2010. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences,
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Author(s): Wahba HMF, Walaa W Aly, Salma MS Elsaid and Randa Ali- Labib
Objectives: To detect the levels of salivary amylase with mobile usage and its correlation with sleep deprivation and impaired Health related quality of life (HRQL) in a sample of Egyptian elderly. Methodology: This study was conducted on 100 elderly, all participants underwent comprehensive geriatric assessment. Sleep assessment was done using the ― Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)‖ and assessment of QOL using The SF-12 and saliva was collected in a sterile suitable sampling devise for Salivary amylase measurement.
Results: Significant correlations were found between hours of mobile usage and age, both components of HRQL and quality of sleep but insignificant relation ... view more»