Sleep-Related Arousal Versus General Cognitive Arousal in Primary Insomnia

Autor: Christoph Nissen, Kai Spiegelhalder, Dieter Riemann, Verena Hirscher, Bernd Feige, Chiara Baglioni, Wolfram Regen, Thomas Unbehaun
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. :431-437
ISSN: 1550-9397
1550-9389
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2040
Popis: The present study aimed at further investigating trait aspects of sleep-related cognitive arousal and general cognitive arousal and their association with both objective and subjective sleep parameters in primary insomnia patients.A clinical sample of 182 primary insomnia patients and 54 healthy controls was investigated using 2 nights of polysomnography, subjective sleep variables, and a questionnaire on sleep-related and general cognitive arousal.Compared to healthy controls, primary insomnia patients showed both more sleep-related and general cognitive arousal. Furthermore, sleep-related cognitive arousal was closely associated with measures of sleep-onset and sleep-maintenance problems, while general cognitive arousal was not.Cognitive-behavioral treatment for insomnia might benefit from dedicating more effort to psychological interventions that are able to reduce sleep-related cognitive arousal.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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