睡眠障害と精神疾患の流行病学的研究. 予防のための機会ですか?
1Primary Care Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Md.
JAMA
|September 15, 1989
まとめ
持続的な不眠症は,重度のうつ病を発症するリスクを大幅に高めます. しかし,睡眠障害の解決は,このリスクを軽減し,予防的介入の可能性を示唆する可能性があります.
科学分野:
- 精神科医は精神病を患っている.
- スリープ・メディシン (睡眠医学)
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- 不眠症や超眠症などの睡眠障害は,一般人群に多く見られます.
- 既存の研究は,睡眠障害と精神的健康状態の間の相関関係を示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 睡眠に関する苦情と精神疾患,特に重度のうつ病の発生率の間の縦断的な関係を調査する.
- 持続的または解決した睡眠障害が,新しい精神疾患を発症するリスクに影響するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 7954人の回答者を対象としたNational Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Areaの研究から得られたデータを利用した.
- 診断面接スケジュールをベースラインと1年間のフォローアップで睡眠の苦情と精神症状を評価するために投与しました.
- 確率比と信頼区間を含む統計分析を用いて,重度のうつ病を発症するリスクを評価した.
主要な成果:
- 10.2%が不眠症を報告し,3.2%がベースラインで高眠症を報告した.
- 不眠症または不眠症の個人は,睡眠の苦情のない人 (16.4%) と比較して,精神疾患を持つ可能性が高く (それぞれ40%,46.5%).
- 持続的な不眠症は,新たな主要なうつ病を発症するリスクが著しく高かったと強く関連していました (OR, 39.8; 95% CI, 19.8 から 80.0).
結論:
- 不眠症は,重度のうつ病の発症の重要な危険因子です.
- 2回目の面接で不眠症が解消されると,重度のうつ病を発症するリスクが著しく低下した (OR,1.6;95%CI,0.5~5.3).
- 睡眠障害の早期発見と治療は,将来の精神疾患の予防に役立つ可能性があり,さらなる調査が必要である.
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