Cognitive-behavioral factors associated with sleep quality in chronic pain patients.

Journal article

People with chronic pain commonly complain of sleep disturbance. This study reports the characteristics of the pain and sleep of a large sample of patients with chronic pain (n = 160). This study compared subgroups of good sleepers with pain (n = 48) and poor sleepers with pain (n = 108). Poor sleepers with pain were younger and reported more pain, pain-related disability, depression, pain-related anxiety, and dysfunctional beliefs about sleep. Using simultaneous regression analysis, this study examined the roles of pain, dysfunctional beliefs about sleep, pain-related disability, depression, and pain-related anxiety in predicting concurrent sleep quality. The findings are relevant to the development of models of sleep disturbance comorbid with chronic pain.

Authors: Ashworth, P; Davidson, K; Espie, C

• Journal: Behavioral sleep medicine
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 28-39
• Publication date: 2010-01-01
• DOI: 10.1080/15402000903425587
• EISSN: 1540-2010
• ISSN: 1540-2002
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cross-Sectional Studies; Age Factors; Aged, 80 and over; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Middle Aged; Sleep; Aged; Pain Measurement; Pain; Attitude to Health; Humans; Adult; Regression Analysis; Female; Questionnaires; Young Adult; Male; Chronic Disease; Sleep Disorders