Abstract
Background: Sleep impairment has been described in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Pain is a known cause of sleep disturbance and as pain is commonly reported in patients with CF, we sought to find an association between impaired sleep quality and pain. Methods: Fifty adult CF patients completed surveys of pain and sleep quality. The results were analyzed with additional clinical data including age, sex, nutritional status, and lung function. Results: Thirty-two patients (64%) reported recent pain and 33 patients (66%) reported abnormal sleep quality. The patients with pain report worse sleep quality than those without pain (p = 0.006). There was a strong correlation between impaired sleep quality and pain (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: We found that pain and poor sleep quality are reported in a majority of adult CF patients and there is a strong correlation between the two. This will have important clinical implications in the evaluation and treatment of adult patients.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 321-325 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Cystic Fibrosis |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2009 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Cystic fibrosis
- Pain
- Sleep quality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine