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Disrupted sleep patterns and daily functioning in patients with chronic pain

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McCracken, Lance M, Iverson, Grant L·2002·Pain Research and Management

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of disturbed sleep in the daily functioning of persons with chronic pain. subjects and METHODS: Participants comprised 287 patients seeking treatment for chronic pain at a university pain clinic. All patients completed the measures employed in the present study as part of a comprehensive initial evaluation. RESULTS: Descriptive analyses showed that 88.9% of patients reported as least one problem with disturbed sleep. Correlation analyses showed that greater sleep disturbance was associated with greater pain, disability, depression and physical symptoms, and less daily uptime. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that sleep disturbance predicted disability, daily uptime and physical symptoms independent of pain or depression. CONCLUSIONS: Sleep disruption is usually considered to be a consequence of the pain experience. However, the results of the present study reinforce the view that sleep disturbance may have a bidirectional relation with other features of chronic pain. Future studies should confirm that repairing disrupted sleep leads to an improvement in patients' daily activity and a reduction in their suffering.

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  1. McCracken LM, Iverson GL. Predictors of neurobehavioral complaints in patients with chronic pain. J Pain Symptom Manage. (In press)
  2. Gaetz M, Rzempoluck EJ, Iverson GL. Approximate entropy as an index of circadian dysregulation in depression. Ann Behav Med. (Abst) (In press)
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Authors
McCracken, L. M., & Iverson, G. L.
Affiliations
  • Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (GB)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author
McCracken, Lance M
Venue
Pain Research and Management
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2002-01
Volume
7
Issue
2
Pages
75-79
ISSN
  • 1203-6765 (ISSN-L)
  • 1918-1523
OpenAlex
W1910977431
Cited by
254
References
21
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FWCI
4.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Pain Research and Management (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
Keywords
sleep disorders, chronic pain, daily functioning, disability, depression, somatic symptoms, daytime sleepiness
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Chronic Disease, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, Regression Analysis, Retrospective Studies, Sleep Wake Disorders

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