Faculty Collaboration Database

Sleep disturbance and symptom burden in sarcoidosis. Respir Med 2018 Nov;144S:S35-S40

Date

04/10/2018

Pubmed ID

29628134

DOI

10.1016/j.rmed.2018.03.021

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85044971259 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   14 Citations

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease associated with myriad symptoms, including fatigue. It can affect physiological processes like sleep, leading to poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness. We hypothesized that sarcoidosis patients would report more severe sleep disturbance than healthy controls and that relationships would be found with sleep disturbance and the severity of other symptoms.

METHODS: We enrolled 84 sarcoidosis patients and 30 healthy controls and recorded demographic and clinical characteristics. Self-report measures were used to assess sleep disturbance, psychosocial symptoms, and quality of life at enrollment and longitudinally. Relationships between different self-report outcomes were analyzed using correlation statistics.

RESULTS: Using the General Sleep Disturbance Scale, 54% of sarcoidosis patients reported frequent and occasional sleep disturbance compared to only 17% of healthy controls (p < 0.0001). This significant increase in sleep disturbance found in sarcoidosis patients strongly correlated with multiple psychosocial symptoms, including fatigue, depression, and cognitive dysfunction, and negatively impacted quality of life (p < 0.01). Traditional measures of sarcoidosis disease severity or activity were not associated with sleep disturbance. Sleep disturbance scores remained stable at follow-up (mean time between first and last administration of questionnaire was 17.3 months) in 56 of the sarcoidosis patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Sarcoidosis patients experienced significant sleep disturbance that correlated with higher levels of fatigue, depression, and cognitive dysfunction, and poorer quality of life. These associations were present regardless of disease severity or activity and result in decrements in quality of life and mental health.

Author List

Benn BS, Lehman Z, Kidd SA, Miaskowski C, Sunwoo BY, Ho M, Sun S, Ramstein J, Gelfand JM, Koth LL

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Aged
Cognitive Dysfunction
Cost of Illness
Depression
Fatigue
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Sarcoidosis
Self Report
Severity of Illness Index
Sleep
Sleep Wake Disorders