Abstract | OBJECTIVES: METHOD: During a baseline assessment, participants' PTSD symptoms were assessed using a clinical interview and their sleep was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Objective sleep, self-reported sleep, and PTSD symptoms were then assessed over a 1-week period using actigraphy and daily diaries. RESULTS: Consistent with previous research, women in the study exhibited total sleep time (TST), sleep efficiency (SE), and sleep onset latency ( SOL) sleep state misperception. For TST and SE, but not SOL, discrepancies between actigraphy and the PSQI were associated with each clinician-rated PTSD symptom cluster, whereas discrepancies between actigraphy and daily diary were only associated with clinician-rated reexperiencing symptoms. The only self-reported PTSD symptom that was uniquely associated with sleep state misperception was nightmares. This association was no longer significant after controlling for sleep-related anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that women with more severe reexperiencing symptoms of PTSD, particularly nightmares, may be more likely to exhibit TST and SE sleep state misperception, perhaps due to associated sleep-related anxiety.
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Authors | Kimberly A Arditte Hall, Kimberly B Werner, Michael G Griffin, Tara E Galovski |
Journal | Behavioral sleep medicine
(Behav Sleep Med)
2023 Jan-Feb
Vol. 21
Issue 1
Pg. 22-32
ISSN: 1540-2010 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 35007171
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
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Topics |
- Humans
- Female
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
(complications, psychology)
- Sleep
- Dreams
(psychology)
- Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
(complications)
- Actigraphy
(methods)
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