תחילת דף אינטרנט, לחץ אנטר כדי לעבור לאזור תוכן מרכזי
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Prof. Tamar Shochat (D.Sc.)

Associate Professor

tshochat@univ.haifa.ac.il

Phone: +972546607480

Office: Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, 318

Nursing

Prof. Shochat graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1997, and is an expert in sleep and chronobiology. Her research focuses on identifying underlying factors, as well as health and functional outcomes, associated with sleep patterns, particularly in ecological settings in populations that are vulnerable to sleep disruption and circadian misalignment, such as shift workers, adolescents and older adults. She has been part of the senior faculty in the department since 2003, and served over the years as director of the B.A. supplement program for registered nurses at the English Hospital School of Nursing, founding editor of the department newsletter, and member of the Master’s committee. She serves as head of the Cheryl Spencer Institute of Nursing Research (CSINR) since April 2018, and has been appointed to be the next Chairwomen of the Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, starting October 2020. 

  1. Shochat, T., Luboshitzky, R. & Lavie, P. (1997) Nocturnal melatonin onset is phase-locked to the primary "sleep gate". American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology, 273:R364-R370.
  2. Haimov, I., Shochat, T. & Lavie, P. (1997) Melatonin - a possible link between sleep and the immune system. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 33(4)246-250.
  3. Shochat, T. Haimov, I. & Lavie, P. (1998) Melatonin: the key to the "gate of sleep". Annals of Medicine, 30(1):109-114. 
  4. Pat-Horenczyk, R., Klauber, M.R., Shochat, T. & Ancoli-Israel, S. (1998) Hourly profiles of sleep and wake in severely vs. mild-moderately demented nursing home patients. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 10(4):308-315. 
  5. Shochat, T., Umphress, J., Israel, A.G. & Ancoli-Israel, S. (1999) Insomnia in primary care patients. SLEEP, 22: S359-S365.
  6. Luboshitsky, R., Shen-Orr, Z., Shochat, T., Herer, P. and Lavie, P. (1999) Melatonin administration in the afternoon decreases next-day luteinizing hormone levels in men: Lack of antagonism by flumazenil. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 12:117-122.  
  7. Martin, J., Shochat, T., Gehrman, P.R. & Ancoli-Israel, S.  (1999) Sleep in the elderly. Respiratory Care Clinics of North America, 5(3):461-472.
  8. Shochat, T., Martin, J., Marler, M. & Ancoli-Israel, S. (2000) Illumination levels in nursing home patients: effects on sleep and activity rhythms. Journal of Sleep Research, 9:373-379. 
  9. Martin, J., Shochat, T., & Ancoli-Israel, S. (2000) Assessment and treatment of sleep disturbances in older adults. Clinical Psychology Review, 20(6):783-805.
  10. Martin, J., Marler, M., Shochat, T., & Ancoli-Israel, S. (2000) Circadian rhythms of agitation in institutionalized patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Chronobiology International, 17(3):405-418. 
  11. Shochat T, Loredo, J. & Ancoli-Israel, S. (2001) Sleep disorders in the elderly. Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 3(1):19-36. (invited paper).
  12. Cohen-Zion, M., Stepnowsky, C., Marler, M., Shochat, , Kripke, D.F., Ancoli-Israel, S. (2001) Changes in cognitive function associated with sleep disordered breathing in elderly. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49:1622-27.
  13. Shochat, T., Hadas, N., Kerkhofs, M., Herchuelz, A., Penzel, T., Peter, J.H.,  Lavie, P. (2002) The SleepStrip™: An Apnoea Screener for the Early Detection of Sleep Apnoea Syndrome. European Respiratory Journal, 19:121-6. 
  14. Ancoli-Israel, S., Gehrman, P., Martin, J., Shochat,, Marler, M., Corey-Bloom, J., Levi L. (2003) Increased light exposure consolidates sleep and strengthens circadian rhythms in severe Alzheimer’s disease patients. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 1(1), 22-36.
  15. Ancoli-Israel, S., Martin, J.L., Gehrman,P., Shochat,, Corey-Bloom, J., Marler, M., Nolan, S., Levi, L. (2003) Effect of light on agitation in institutionalized patients with severe Alzheimer's disease. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11:194-203. 
  16. Shochat, , Oksenberg, A., Hadas, N., Molotsky, A., Lavie, P. (2003) The KickStrip®: A novel testing device for periodic leg movements disorder (PLMD). SLEEP, 26(4):480-483. 
  17. Shochat, T., Pillar, G. (2003) Sleep Apnoea in the Older Adult: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Consequences and Management. Drugs and Aging, 20(8):551-60 (invited paper). 
  18. Gehrman, P.R., Martin, J.L., Shochat, T., Nolan, S., Corey-Bloom, J., Ancoli-Israel, S.  (2003) Sleep disordered breathing and agitation in institutionalized adults with Alzheimer's disease.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(4):426-33. 
  19. Gehrman, P., Marler, M., Martin, J.L., Shochat, T., Corey-Bloom, J., Ancoli-Israel, S. (2004) The timing of activity rhythms in patients with dementia is related to survival. Journals of Gerontology Series A- Biological  Sciences and Medical Sciences, 59(10):M1050-5. 
  20. Gehrman, P., Marler, M., Martin, J., Shochat, T., Corey-Bloom, J., Ancoli-Israel, S. (2005) The relationship between dementia severity and rest/activity circadian rhythms.  Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 1(2):155-163.
  21. Margel, D., Shochat, T., Getzler, O., Livne, P.M., Pillar, G. (2006) CPAP reduces nocturia in obstructive sleep apnea patients. Urology,  67:974-977. 
  22. Shochat, T., Pillar, G., Malhotra, A. (2007) Sleep and Aging. International Journal of Sleep Disorders, 1(3):92-101. (invited paper).
  23. Shochat, T., Gavish, A., Arons, E., Hadas, N., Molotsky, A., Lavie, P., Oksenberg, A. (2007) Validation of the BiteStrip screener for sleep bruxism. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology,  104(3):e32-9. 
  24. Shochat, T., Tzchishinsky, O., Oksenberg, A., Peled, R. (2007) Validation of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Hebrew translation (PSQI-H) in a sleep clinic sample. Israeli Medical Association Journal, 9:853-856.  
  25. Tzchishinsky, O., Lufi, D., Shochat, T. (2008) Reliability of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire Hebrew Translation and Comparison of the Psychometric Properties. Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy, 3(3): 30-37.
  26. Shochat, T., Tzichinsky, O., Engel-Yeger, B. (2009) Sensory hypersensitivity as a contributing factor in the relationship between sleep and behavioral disorders in normal schoolchildren. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 7(1):53-62. 
  27. Gehrman, P.R., Connor, D.J., Martin, J.L., Shochat, T., Corey-Bloom, J., Ancoli-Israel, S. (2009) Melatonin Fails To Improve Sleep Or Agitation In A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial Of Institutionalized Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(2):166-169. 
  28. Dagan, E. & Shochat, T. (2009) Quality of life in asymptomatic BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. Preventive Medicine, 48:193-196. 
  29. Zisberg, A., Gur-Yaish, N. & Shochat, T. (2010) Contribution of routine to sleep quality in community elderly. SLEEP, 33(4):509-514. 
  30. Shochat, T., Flint-Bretler, O. & Tzischinsky, O. (2010) Sleep patterns, electronic media exposure, and daytime sleep related behaviors among Israeli adolescents. Acta Paediatrica 99:1396-1400.
  31. Shochat, T. & Dagan, E. (2010) Sleep disturbances in asymptomatic BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: women at high risk for breast-ovarian cancer. Journal of Sleep Research 19(2):333-40.
  32. Tzischinsky, O. & Shochat, T. (2011) Eveningness, sleep patterns, daytime functioning, and quality of life in Israeli adolescents. Chronobiology International 28(4):338–343. 
  33. Shochat, T. (2012) Impact of lifestyle and technology developments on sleep.  Nature and Science of Sleep 4:19-31. (Invited review article). 
  34. Engel-Yeger, B. & Shochat, T. (2012) The relationship between sensory processing patterns and sleep quality in healthy adults. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 79(3):134-141.
  35. Zisberg, A., Shadmi, E., Gur –Yaish, N., Sinoff, G T., Srulovici, E., & Shochat, T.  (2012) Hospitalization as a turning point for sleep medication use in older adults: prospective cohort study. Drugs & Aging 29(7):565-576.
  36. Shochat, T. (2013). Sleep Patterns and Daytime Sleep-Related Behaviors in Male and Female Arab and Jewish Adolescents in Israel. Sleep and Biological Rhythms 11(2):82-29. 
  37. Shochat, T., Cohen-Zion & Tzischinsky, O. (2014). Functional consequences of inadequate sleep in adolescents: a systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 18: 75-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2013.03.005 
  38. Gindin, J., Shochat, T., Chetrit, A., Epstein, S., Ben Israel, Y., Levi, S., Onder, G., Carpenter, I., Finne-Soveri, H., van Hout, H., Henrard, J-C., Nikolaus, T., Topinkova, E., Fialová, D.,  & Bernabei, R. for the SHELTER project. (2014). Insomnia in long term care facilities (LTCF): a comparison of seven European countries and Israel: The SHELTER study. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 62(11):2033-2039. 
  39. Zaslavsky, O., LaCroix, A.Z., Hale, L., Tindle, H., & Shochat, T. (2015). Longitudinal changes in insomnia status and incidence of physical, emotional or mixed impairment. Sleep Medicine 16(3):364-71. 
  40. Aviram, J., Shochat, T. & Pud, D. (2015). Pain sensitivity in healthy young men is modified by time-of-day and is modality dependent. Pain Medicine 16(6):1137-44. 
  41. Nadir, Y., Sacharov, G., Hoffman, R., Keren-Politansky, A., Tzoran, I., Brenner, B. & Shochat, T. (2015). Heparanase procoagulant activity, factor Xa and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 are increased in shift work female nurses. Annals of Haematology 94(7):1213-9. 
  42. Ram-Vlasov, N., Tzischinsky, O., Green, A. & Shochat, T. (2016). Creativity and habitual sleep patterns among art and social sciences undergraduate students. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 10(3):270-7. 
  43. Agmon, M., Shochat, T. & Kizony, R. (2016). Sleep quality is associated with walking under dual-task, but not single-task performance. Gait and Posture 49:127-31.
  44. Shochat, T., Shefer-Hilel, G., & Zisberg, A. (2016). Relationships between body mass index and sleep quality and duration in adults 70 years and older. Sleep Health, 2(4), 266-271.
  45. Shochat, T., Barker, D.H., Sharkey, K.M., Van Reen, E., Roane, B.M., & Carskadon, M.A. (2017). An Approach to Understanding Sleep and Depressed Mood in Adolescents: Person-Centered Sleep Classification. Journal of Sleep Research, 26(6):709-717. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12550.
  46. Vidal, H., & Shochat, T. (2017). Early to bed, early to rise: Sleep perceptions, patterns and related behaviors in ultra-orthodox Jewish adolescents in Israel. Sleep Health 3, 458-464.
  47. Zion, N., Drach Zahavy, A., & Shochat, T. (2018). Who is sleepier on the nightshift? The influence of bio-psycho-social factors on subjective sleepiness of female nurses during the night shift. Ergonomics, 61:7, 1004-1014, DOI: 1080/00140139.2017.1418027 
  48. Aviram, J., & Shochat, T. (2018). Longer Sleep Duration Is Associated with Increased Cold Pain Perception during the Day in Healthy Young Men. Sleep & Vigilance 2:71-78. org/10.1007/s41782-018-0040-2
  49. Zion, N. & Shochat, T. (2018). Cognitive functioning of female nurses during the night shift: the impact of age, clock time, time awake and subjective sleepiness. Chronobiology International, 35(11):1595-1607. DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2018.1497642 
  50. Roth, N., Lev-Weizel, R., & Shochat, T. (2019). “How Do You Sleep?” Sleep in Self-Figure Drawings of Young Adolescents in Residential Care Facilities- An Exploratory Study. Sleep Medicine 60: 116-122. 
  51. Zion, N. & Shochat, T. (2019). Let them sleep: The effects of a scheduled nap during the night shift on sleepiness and cognition in hospital nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing 75:2603–2615.
  52. Shochat, T., Hadish-Shogan, S., Banin, M., Recanati, A., & Tzischinsky, O. (2019). Burnout, sleep and sleepiness during day and night shifts in transition from 8- to 12-hour shift rosters among airline ground crew managers. Clocks & Sleep 1(2), 226-239; https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep1020020.
  53. Shochat, T.^, Santhi, N.^, Herer, P., Flavell, S.A., Skeldon, A.C., & Dijk, D-J. (2019). Sleep timing in late autumn and late spring associates with light exposure rather than sun time in college students. Frontiers in Neuroscience 13:882. 
  54. Gur-Yaish, N., Cohen, D., & Shochat, T. (2020). Attachment orientations and sleep patterns: The moderating role of exchanges with spouse. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 37(4) 1282–1295.  
  55. Sznitman, S.R., Shochat, T., & Greene, T. (2020). Is time elapsed between cannabis use and sleep start time associated with sleep continuity? An experience sampling method. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 208(1):107846. 
  56. Tzemah Shahar, R., Koren, O., Matarasso, S., Shochat, T., Magzal, F. Tamir, S., & Agmon, M. (2020). Attributes of physical activity and gut-microbiome in adults: A systematic review. International Journal of Sports Medicine 10.1055/a-1157-9257. 

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