Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Actigraphic and self-reported characterization of sleep in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Authors' conclusion
Compared with healthy controls, SLE patients showed worse sleep quality and greater perceived stress severity.
Study context
- Population
- SLE patients and age- and gender-matched healthy controls
- Participants
- 40 vs 33
- Exposure
- SLE patients vs age- and gender-matched healthy controls
- SLEn = 40
- Controlsn = 33reference
- Outcome
- Sleep parameters by actigraphy (7 days), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Insomnia Severity Index
Methodological detailsage- and gender-matched healthy controls, 7-day actigraphic monitoring
- Age- and gender-matched healthy controls
- 7-day actigraphic monitoring
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Sleep parameters, SLE vs controls
- SLE: worse actigraphic sleep maintenance (sleep efficiency and wake after sleep onset)
- SLE: higher total sleep time
- SLE: higher perceived stress
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Predictors of sleep parameters within SLE
- Daily GC dose associated with impaired sleep maintenance without reduced sleep duration (normal sleep duration insomnia)
- Perceived stress associated with short sleep duration insomnia
Original publication
Actigraphic and self-reported characterization of sleep in systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 11 July 2023. doi:10.
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