创伤后应激障碍和创伤后创伤在部署后睡眠结果中的作用
Sarah L Martindale1,2,3, Matthew J Konst1, James R Bateman1,3
1Salisbury VA Medical Center, Salisbury, North Carolina.
概括
创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 和创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 对退伍军人的睡眠有负面影响. 创伤后应激障碍严重程度显著导致睡眠障碍,这表明需要为所有服务人员提供睡眠卫生教育和查.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 军人卫生保健 军人卫生保健
背景情况:
- 创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 和创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 在战斗退伍军人中很普遍.
- 在这个人群中,睡眠障碍很常见,会影响整体健康和福祉.
研究的目的:
- 研究PTSD和TBI对退伍军人的睡眠结果的影响.
- 检查PTSD和TBI严重程度对睡眠质量,持续时间和休息度的主要影响和相互作用.
主要方法:
- 一组293名部署后战斗退伍军人接受了PTSD和TBI诊断和严重程度评估的临床访谈.
- 收集了主观睡眠指标 (质量,持续时间,休息程度),以及来自电子健康记录的睡眠相关医学诊断.
主要成果:
- 创伤后应激障碍和创伤后创伤都与睡眠质量差,休息程度降低,睡眠时间缩短以及诊断睡眠障碍的更高率有关.
- 创伤后应激障碍严重程度显著预测睡眠质量较差,休息度较低,睡眠时间较短.
- 创伤后创伤严重程度与休息相关,独立于创伤后应激障碍严重程度.
- 在PTSD和TBI之间没有发现对睡眠结果的显著相互作用效应.
结论:
- 创伤后应激障碍的严重程度是退伍军人主观睡眠障碍的主要驱动因素,比TBI诊断或严重程度更重要.
- 在这个老兵样本中,睡眠不足很普遍,这凸显了普遍睡眠查和加强睡眠卫生教育的必要性.
- 针对PTSD严重性的干预措施可能会改善退伍军人的睡眠结果.
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