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Objective and Subjective Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hirsch, Marco, Carlander, Bertrand, Vergé, Monick, Tafti, Mehdi, Anaya, Juan‐Manuel, Billiard, Michel, Sany, Jacques·1994·Arthritis & Rheumatism

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Objective. To assess objective and subjective evidence of sleep disturbances in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to examine correlations between parameters of inflammatory activity and sleep pathology. Methods. Nineteen RA patients and 19 age‐matched healthy control subjects underwent all‐night polysomnography on 2 consecutive nights. RA patients were also evaluated for daytime sleepiness by mean sleep latency test and responded to a self‐report questionnaire on their first night. Results. Whereas normal sleep architecture is conserved in RA, we confirmed former findings of severe sleep fragmentation and an enhanced presence of primary sleep disorders. No correlation exists between RA activity and the sleep disorders. Subjective assessment was not consistent with the objective evidence of sleep disruption, unlike the findings in patients with fibrositis. Conclusion. Sleep is severly disturbed in patients with RA, regardless of the inflammatory disease activity. the specificity of the sleep disorders assessed needs confirmation, as does specific sleep therapy for these patients.

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  • The pro-inflammatory acting cytokines IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-6, IL-15, and IL-18 have NREM sleep-promoting actions in animal models.

    “the pro-inflammatory acting cytokines IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-6, IL-15, and IL-18 have NREM sleep-promoting actions in animal models (238, 306, 307, 309).”

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Authors
Hirsch, M., Carlander, B., Vergé, M., Tafti, M., Anaya, J., Billiard, M., & Sany, J.
Affiliations
Université de Montpellier (FR)
Corresponding author
Sany, Jacques
Venue
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1994-01
Volume
37
Issue
1
Pages
41-49
ISSN
  • 0004-3591 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-0131
OpenAlex
W1994020405
Cited by
129
References
70
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Arthritis & Rheumatism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Libraries (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
Keywords
rheumatoid arthritis, sleep disorders, sleep fragmentation, primary sleep disorders, sleep architecture, daytime sleepiness, inflammatory disease activity, polysomnography, sleep therapy
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sleep Wake Disorders, Sleep Stages, Sleep, REM, Somnambulism

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