Actigraphic sleep and daytime naps in adolescent girls with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

A descriptive pilot study to examine sleep and daytime naps in adolescent girls with chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain.

METHODS:

Seventeen girls (14.9 +/- 2.0 years) completed questionnaires on anxiety and depressive symptoms during their clinic visit, and maintained a sleep diary and wore an actigraph for 7 days. Parents completed a daily diary of their teen's medications and approaches used to ease pain.

RESULTS:

Average nighttime sleep was 7.2 hr by actigraphy. All participants had mean sleep efficiency <90%. In diaries, 76.5% of the girls reported daytime naps; five girls reported more than three days with naps and more naps were associated with lower sleep efficiency and total nighttime sleep.

CONCLUSIONS:

Adolescent girls with chronic MSK pain may sleep fewer hours at night than is recommended and nap in the daytime to compensate for insufficient nighttime sleep.

• Authors: Shao-Yu Tsai, Susan E Labyak, Laura P Richardson, Martha J Lentz, Patricia A Brandt, Teresa M Ward, Carol A Landis
• Journal: Journal of pediatric psychology (J Pediatr Psychol) Vol. 33 Issue 3 Pg. 307-11 (Apr 2008) ISSN: 0146-8693 [Print] United States
• PMID: 18056139 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Anxiety Disorders (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology)
• Chronic Disease
• Depressive Disorder (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Musculoskeletal Diseases (complications, physiopathology)
• Pain (diagnosis, etiology)
• Severity of Illness Index
• Sleep Wake Disorders (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology)
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• Time Factors