Clinical correlates of poor sleep quality in posttraumatic stress disorder

Sleep disturbances (SD) are a core clinical feature of PTSD. The goal of the study was to determine the influence of patient‐related characteristics, disorder‐related characteristics, and psychiatric co‐morbidity on the severity of SD in PTSD outpatients (n = 367) who were not recruited for a sleep...

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Published in:Journal of traumatic stress 2004-12, Vol.17 (6), p.477-484
Main Authors: Germain, Anne, Buysse, Daniel J., Shear, M. Kathy, Fayyad, Rana, Austin, Carol
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age Factors
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
insomnia
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Post-traumatic stress disorder
posttraumatic stress
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Factors
sleep
Sleep Wake Disorders - etiology
Sleep Wake Disorders - psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - complications
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
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Summary:Sleep disturbances (SD) are a core clinical feature of PTSD. The goal of the study was to determine the influence of patient‐related characteristics, disorder‐related characteristics, and psychiatric co‐morbidity on the severity of SD in PTSD outpatients (n = 367) who were not recruited for a sleep study. Increased severity of SD paralleled increasing overall PTSD severity. The severity of SD did not differ according to gender, age groups, types of trauma, PTSD chronicity, or psychiatric comorbidity. Results suggest that age, gender, and psychiatric comorbidity have minimal impact on sleep quality in this PTSD sample. The inclusion of PTSD patients who were not specifically seeking treatment for SD reinforces the study findings.
ISSN:0894-9867
1573-6598
DOI:10.1007/s10960-004-5796-6