Sleep Disturbances in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Current Approaches to Their Treatment
Journal Title: Біль. Суглоби. Хребет - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 15
Abstract
The observation of 127 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) revealed significant sleep disturbances associated with rheumatoid process in comparison with 71 healthy persons. Particularly 83.5 % of patients with RA had sleep disturbances of various intensity with severe forms prevailing according to the scale for insomnia assessment in comparison with the parameters in health persons. 51.2 % patients noticed lack of night sleep and significant deterioration of the parameter on Visual Analoguе Scale for sleep estimation (47.5 ± 22.8 vs 9.7 ± 21.4 in health persons). It was determined that sleep disturbances in the patients with RA reliably correlates with activity and functional insufficiency parameters. A complex therapy with paroxetinum contributes to sleep quality normalization and significant decrease in incidence and severity of sleep disturbances.
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Yu. K. Sikalo, N. A. Stanislavchuk
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