The Impact of Anxiety on Sleep Quality

Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran

关键词: Anxiety;    Sleep Quality;    Beck Anxiety Inventory;    Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A significant relationship between psychiatric disorders principally depression and anxiety and insomnia is well-known in general population.Ahigh percent of insomnia sufferers report anxiety symptoms. Anxiety is also frequently seen inmedical patients whom complaints of sleep problems are often prominent.Method: 250 outpatients with various medical complaints participated in the study and completed Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI) and Beck Anxiety inventory(BAI).Results: The patients reported moderate anxiety on BAI. Significant correlations were found between anxiety and four components of sleep; sleep quality, sleep latency,   sleep duration and habitual sleep efficiency. Conclusion: The correlation of sleep complaints with anxiety symptoms indicated a high interrelatedness between anxiety and sleep complaints. Insomnia is a disorder of hyperarousal. Nonetheless inqury into mechanisms of arousal regulation could further explain the anxiety and sleep disorders as well.

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