Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 55. No. 3., 2016.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2016.55.03.07
Comparison of sleep disturbances in post-traumatic stress disorder and depression patients
Dolores Britvić
; Clinical Department of Psychiatry, Split University Hospital Center and School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Vesna Antičević
orcid.org/0000-0002-1552-0952
; University of Split, University Department for Health Studies, Split, Croatia
Nataša Klepac
; Clinical Department of Neurology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore differences in the intensity of depressiveness, sleep disturbances and sleepiness between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients and patients with depression. A total of 170 patients were examined, including 120 PTSD patients and 50 patients with depression. All participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Epworth Sleepiness Scale. The results showed difference in the subjective assessment of sleep quality between the war veterans with PTSD and civilians with depression, without significant differences between them in the level of depressiveness and sleepiness. Considering the fact that insomnia can occur as an early, covert sign of both PTSD and depression and that differences in the intensity of sleep disturbances between the groups were established, the use of these and similar instruments for the assessment of sleep quality can be useful in distinguishing patients with PTSD and depression, treatment of their sleep disturbances, and prevention of more severe symptoms in both diagnostic categories.
Keywords
Stress disorders, post-traumatic; Depressive disorder; Sleep wake disorders
Hrčak ID:
172411
URI
Publication date:
9.11.2016.
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