Differential rates of psychopathology symptoms in periodic limb movement disorder, obstructive Sleep apnea, psychophysiological insomnia, and insomnia with psychiatric disorder

• Published in: Sleep (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1999-09, Vol.22 (6), p.775-780
• Main Authors: AIKENS, J. E, VANABLE, P. A, TADIMETI, L, CARUANA-MONTALDO, B, MENDELSON, W. B
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; MMPI; Oximetry; Periodicity; Personality Disorders - complications; Personality Disorders - diagnosis; Personality Disorders - psychology; Polysomnography; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Restless Legs Syndrome - diagnosis; Restless Legs Syndrome - psychology; Sleep Apnea Syndromes - diagnosis; Sleep Apnea Syndromes - psychology; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - complications; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - diagnosis; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - psychology
• ISSN: 0161-8105; 1550-9109
• DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.6.775

To determine patterns and relative intensity of psychopathology, as measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), in 108 patients with either psychophysiological insomnia (PI; n=20), insomnia with psychiatric disorder (IPD; n=30), periodic limb movement disorder (PLM; n=28), or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA; n=30). Cross-sectional. University sleep disorders center. Subjects completed the MMPI prior to overnight diagnostic polysomnographic assessment followed by Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT). Seventy five percent of the entire sample had at least one MMPI elevation (T>70). Groups showed significant baseline differences in age, BMI, and MSLT latency (all ps