TY - JOUR
T1 - Objective and Subjective Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
AU - Hirsch, Marco
AU - Carlander, Bertrand
AU - Vergé, Monick
AU - Tafti, Mehdi
AU - Anaya, Juan‐Manuel ‐M
AU - Billiard, Michel
AU - Sany, Jacques
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PY - 1994/1
Y1 - 1994/1
N2 - Objective. To assess objective and subjective evidence of sleep disturbances in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to examine correlations between parameters of inflammatory activity and sleep pathology. Methods. Nineteen RA patients and 19 age‐matched healthy control subjects underwent all‐night polysomnography on 2 consecutive nights. RA patients were also evaluated for daytime sleepiness by mean sleep latency test and responded to a self‐report questionnaire on their first night. Results. Whereas normal sleep architecture is conserved in RA, we confirmed former findings of severe sleep fragmentation and an enhanced presence of primary sleep disorders. No correlation exists between RA activity and the sleep disorders. Subjective assessment was not consistent with the objective evidence of sleep disruption, unlike the findings in patients with fibrositis. Conclusion. Sleep is severly disturbed in patients with RA, regardless of the inflammatory disease activity. the specificity of the sleep disorders assessed needs confirmation, as does specific sleep therapy for these patients.
AB - Objective. To assess objective and subjective evidence of sleep disturbances in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to examine correlations between parameters of inflammatory activity and sleep pathology. Methods. Nineteen RA patients and 19 age‐matched healthy control subjects underwent all‐night polysomnography on 2 consecutive nights. RA patients were also evaluated for daytime sleepiness by mean sleep latency test and responded to a self‐report questionnaire on their first night. Results. Whereas normal sleep architecture is conserved in RA, we confirmed former findings of severe sleep fragmentation and an enhanced presence of primary sleep disorders. No correlation exists between RA activity and the sleep disorders. Subjective assessment was not consistent with the objective evidence of sleep disruption, unlike the findings in patients with fibrositis. Conclusion. Sleep is severly disturbed in patients with RA, regardless of the inflammatory disease activity. the specificity of the sleep disorders assessed needs confirmation, as does specific sleep therapy for these patients.
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U2 - 10.1002/art.1780370107
DO - 10.1002/art.1780370107
M3 - Article
C2 - 8129763
AN - SCOPUS:0028157653
SN - 2326-5191
VL - 37
SP - 41
EP - 49
JO - Arthritis care and research : the official journal of the Arthritis Health Professions Association
JF - Arthritis care and research : the official journal of the Arthritis Health Professions Association
IS - 1
ER -