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Sleep findings in young adult patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Habukawa, Mitsunari; Uchimura, Naohisa; Maeda, Masaharu; Kotorii, Nozomu; Maeda, Hisao.
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  • Habukawa M; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. hmitsu@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Biol Psychiatry ; 62(10): 1179-82, 2007 Nov 15.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17543289
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Laboratory sleep studies in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have not provided consistent evidence of sleep disturbance, despite apparent sleep complaints. Most of these studies have investigated middle-aged chronic PTSD subjects with a high prevalence of comorbidities such as substance dependence and/or personality disorder.

METHODS:

Ten young adult PTSD patients (aged 23.4 +/- 6.1 years) without comorbidities of substance dependence and/or personality disorder underwent 2-night polysomnographic recordings. These sleep measures were compared with those of normal control subjects and were correlated with PTSD symptoms.

RESULTS:

Posttraumatic stress disorder patients demonstrated significantly poorer sleep, reduced sleep efficiency caused by increased wake time after sleep onset, and increased awakening from rapid eye movement (REM) sleep (REM interruption). We found significant positive correlations between the severity of trauma-related nightmare complaints and the percentage of REM interruption, as well as wake time after sleep onset.

CONCLUSIONS:

The results indicate that trauma-related nightmares are an important factor resulting in increased REM interruptions and wake time after sleep onset in PTSD.
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trastornos del Sueño-Vigilia / Sueño REM / Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Biol Psychiatry Año: 2007 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Japón
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trastornos del Sueño-Vigilia / Sueño REM / Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Biol Psychiatry Año: 2007 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Japón
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