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Quantifying subjective assessment of sleep and life-quality in antidepressant-treated depressed patients

Quantifying subjective assessment of sleep and life-quality in antidepressant-treated depressed patients
Quantifying subjective assessment of sleep and life-quality in antidepressant-treated depressed patients
This study sought to establish a method of quantifying subjective perceptions of sleep against perceptions of life-quality and mood, using amended versions of the Pittsburgh sleep diary (PghSD) and quality of life of insomniacs (QOLI) questionnaire. Diaries and questionnaires were self-completed in participants' homes. Outpatients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of major depressive disorder were compared with a healthy control group (with no history, or family history, of depression). Poorer sleepers, as determined by the sleep diary, were significantly more likely to report poorer life-quality and mood perceptions on the subsequent questionnaire. Furthermore, the depressed group reported significantly poorer perceptions of sleep quality and poorer perceptions of life-quality and mood than the control group, even though estimates of sleep disturbance were similar. This may indicate that depressed individuals experience more sleep distress than healthy individuals. These results confirm the extent of subjectively reported sleep disruption in depression and demonstrate the merit of combining the amended PghSD and QOLI to quantify sleep perceptions.
subjective sleep quality, pittsburgh sleep diary, depression, quality of life of insomniacs questionnaire
0885-6222
21-27
Mayers, Andrew G.
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VanHooff, Johanna C.
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Baldwin, David S.
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Mayers, Andrew G.
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VanHooff, Johanna C.
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Baldwin, David S.
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Mayers, Andrew G., VanHooff, Johanna C. and Baldwin, David S. (2003) Quantifying subjective assessment of sleep and life-quality in antidepressant-treated depressed patients. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 18 (1), 21-27. (doi:10.1002/hup.438).

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This study sought to establish a method of quantifying subjective perceptions of sleep against perceptions of life-quality and mood, using amended versions of the Pittsburgh sleep diary (PghSD) and quality of life of insomniacs (QOLI) questionnaire. Diaries and questionnaires were self-completed in participants' homes. Outpatients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of major depressive disorder were compared with a healthy control group (with no history, or family history, of depression). Poorer sleepers, as determined by the sleep diary, were significantly more likely to report poorer life-quality and mood perceptions on the subsequent questionnaire. Furthermore, the depressed group reported significantly poorer perceptions of sleep quality and poorer perceptions of life-quality and mood than the control group, even though estimates of sleep disturbance were similar. This may indicate that depressed individuals experience more sleep distress than healthy individuals. These results confirm the extent of subjectively reported sleep disruption in depression and demonstrate the merit of combining the amended PghSD and QOLI to quantify sleep perceptions.

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Published date: 2003
Keywords: subjective sleep quality, pittsburgh sleep diary, depression, quality of life of insomniacs questionnaire

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Local EPrints ID: 27648
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/27648
ISSN: 0885-6222
PURE UUID: dcda9023-1c18-43b1-8aad-f38457bf47cd
ORCID for David S. Baldwin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3343-0907

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Date deposited: 27 Apr 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:48

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Author: Andrew G. Mayers
Author: Johanna C. VanHooff

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