Delegate: National Institute of Mental Health/Bušková
Affiliations: National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany
Short Bio: Jitka Bušková, MD, PhD is neurologist, certified as Expert Somnologist, she is Head of the Sleep Medicine Department and senior researcher at National Institute of Mental Health. Her main interest is focused on hypersomnias and parasomnias, in this field she published about 25 scientific papers and chapters. She is a member of Czech Sleep Research Society, European Sleep Research Society and World Sleep Society. She was a member of local organizing committee of the World Sleep Congress in Prague 2017.
Activity: Firstly, we organised an event for general public that consisted of series of lectures that covered various topics related to sleep, emphasising circadian rhythms and specific influence of these rhythms on everyday life. We particularly focused on the concept of personal chronotypes and put them into context of social factors, such as exposure to blue light or jet-lag. Two of the lectures were devoted to the role of clinicians in diagnostic process and treatment of sleep disorders, emphasising the importance of multidisciplinary approach and available treatment options, both psycho-therapeutic and pharmacological. In order to promote personal interest into sleep and sleep issues, we gave the audience an opportunity to discuss their individual concerns with our clinicians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yslt81i0pXc&feature=youtu.be.
Secondly, in order to promote the topic and emphasise the importance of sleep and good sleep hygiene for well-being in more general public settings, we produced a short video showing this in more accessible way, depicting a story of a young man who suffered from poor sleep and consequences related to that. As we believe in the role of prevention and learning in establishing the appropriate sleep stereotypes, adolescents and young adults were the main, though not the only target of this initiative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqR7hwAbClc
Thirdly, we produced the information sheets with basic sleep hygiene rules and their specificity in adolescence or pregnancy that are available freely on our website: http://www.nudz.cz/lecebna-pece/spankova-medicina/profil/.
Finally, we made a media appearance by giving talks for television and newsletters, which could be found on the following websites.
https://www.pressreader.com/czech-republic/mf-dnes/20180406/281913068679736
Location: 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
Date of Activity: 1ž March 2018
Submitted By: Jitka Bušková, MD, PhD
