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[Features of the mental state of obese patients with concomitant sleep disorders]
Objective:
To study the frequency of mental disorders with concomitant insomnia in obese patients.
Material And Methods:
Authors studied 123 patients (51 men and 72 women, mean age 40.0±11.5; body mass 117.6±30.9 kg; waist circumference 118.2±19.8 cm; BMI 39.8±8.7 kg/m2) with obesity.
Results:
The questionnaire survey revealed subjective disorders of the quality of sleep in 76%, complaints about snoring in 63%, hypersomnia during the day in 55% higher risk of sleep apnea in 50%, insomnia in 45% of patients. According to the results of psychological testing, the obese patients with insomnia had higher levels of health anxiety.
Conclusion:
Insomnia can be considered as a marker of overt psychopathological disturbances in patients with obesity.
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