Actigraphic sleep monitoring in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients frequently complain that they suffer from sleep disturbances. To date, the polysomnographic studies that have attempted to study PTSD patients' subjective complaints of sleep difficulties have produced conflicting results. The objective of the prese...

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Published in:Journal of psychosomatic research 1997-06, Vol.42 (6), p.577-581
Main Authors: Dagan, Yaron, Zinger, Yaffa, Lavie, Peretz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actigraph
Adult
Arousal - physiology
Attitude to Health
Combat Disorders - diagnosis
Combat Disorders - physiopathology
Humans
Lebanon
Male
Motor Activity - physiology
Polysomnography
PTSD
Reference Values
Sleep disorders
Sleep Stages - physiology
Sleep Wake Disorders - diagnosis
Sleep Wake Disorders - physiopathology
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Summary:Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients frequently complain that they suffer from sleep disturbances. To date, the polysomnographic studies that have attempted to study PTSD patients' subjective complaints of sleep difficulties have produced conflicting results. The objective of the present study was to compare PTSD patients' subjective complaints of poor sleep and objective actigraphic recordings of their sleep over a period of several consecutive nights. The results indicate that PTSD patients do not suffer from poorer sleep than a control group, based on actigraphic measures, and that their subjective sleep evaluation is inconsistent with objective sleep measures. These patients fail to correctly estimate their sleep.
ISSN:0022-3999
1879-1360
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00013-5