STUDY OBJECTIVES: To characterize the nature and impact of sleep disturbances on quality of life (QOL) in women with interstitial cystitis/ bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS).
METHODS: Participants were 3,397 women from a telephone probability survey who met IC/BPS symptom criteria. Sleep quality, duration, and IC/BPS nocturnal symptoms (i.e., trouble sleeping due to bladder pain, urgency, or needing to use the bathroom), general QOL (mental and physical health and sexual functioning), and IC/BPS QOL impairment were assessed via self-report during telephone interview.
RESULTS: Over half of the sample reported poor sleep quality, sleep duration ≤ 6 hours, or trouble sleeping due to IC/ BPS symptoms. After covariate adjustment, short sleep duration was significantly associated with greater IC/ BPS QOL impairment (β = -0.04; p< 0.001) and poorer self-reported physical health (β = 1.86; p < 0.001). Poor sleep quality was significantly associated with greater IC/ BPS QOL impairment (β = 0.06; p < 0.001), poorer self-reported physical health (β = -2.86; p < 0.001), and greater sexual dysfunction (β = -0.04; p < 0.05). IC/ BPS nocturnal symptoms were significantly associated with greater IC/ BPS impairment (β = 0.14; p < 0.001), poorer physical health (β = -2.76; p < 0.001) and mental health (β = 0.52; p < 0.01), and greater sexual dysfunction (β = -0.10; p < 0.001), after covariate adjustment. After further adjustment for IC/ BPS nocturnal symptoms, we found that poor sleep quality and short sleep duration were independent correlates of poor self-reported physical health.
CONCLUSIONS: Poor sleep quality and short sleep duration, as well as disorder-specific sleep disturbances, are highly prevalent in women with IC/ BPS and are associated with poorer disease-specific and general QOL.
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Troxel WM, Booth M, Buysse DJ, Elliott MN, Suskind AM, Clemens JQ, Berry SH. Are you the author?
RAND Corporation.
Reference: J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Oct 17. pii: jc-00174-14.
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PMID: 25325604