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Gender Specificities in Sleep Disturbances following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Preliminary Study

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, can lead to persistent cognitive and functional symptoms that impede quality of life to a varying extent. This condition is referred to as post-concussive syndrome (PCS). Sleep disturbances are part of it but their distribution among different gende...

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Autores principales: Martens, Géraldine, Khosravi, Mohammad Hossein, Lejeune, Nicolas, Kaux, Jean-François, Thibaut, Aurore
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36831865
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13020323
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author Martens, Géraldine
Khosravi, Mohammad Hossein
Lejeune, Nicolas
Kaux, Jean-François
Thibaut, Aurore
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Kaux, Jean-François
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description Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, can lead to persistent cognitive and functional symptoms that impede quality of life to a varying extent. This condition is referred to as post-concussive syndrome (PCS). Sleep disturbances are part of it but their distribution among different genders remains scarcely investigated. This pilot cross-sectional anonymous web-based survey interviewed volunteer 18–55 years old participants with a recent (i.e., less than 5 years) reported history of mTBI. Questionnaires related to persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS; Rivermead post-concussion symptoms questionnaire), sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) and daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) were administered as part of the survey. Ninety-one participants’ responses were analysed (61 female; 30 male); 43% of them suffered from post-concussive syndrome, 60% reported poor sleep quality and 34% experienced excessive daytime sleepiness. The proportion of PPCS was significantly higher in female participants as compared to males (female: 57%; male: 13%; Fisher’s exact test p < 0.001). Excessive daytime sleepiness was also significantly more present in females (female: 44%; male: 13%; p < 0.001) whereas poor sleep quality was present in similar proportions between females and males (female: 66%; male: 50%; p = 0.176). Even though based on a relatively small sample, these findings highlight important gender differences that should be accounted for in PPCS medical care and management.
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spelling pubmed-99547462023-02-25 Gender Specificities in Sleep Disturbances following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Preliminary Study Martens, Géraldine Khosravi, Mohammad Hossein Lejeune, Nicolas Kaux, Jean-François Thibaut, Aurore Brain Sci Brief Report Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, can lead to persistent cognitive and functional symptoms that impede quality of life to a varying extent. This condition is referred to as post-concussive syndrome (PCS). Sleep disturbances are part of it but their distribution among different genders remains scarcely investigated. This pilot cross-sectional anonymous web-based survey interviewed volunteer 18–55 years old participants with a recent (i.e., less than 5 years) reported history of mTBI. Questionnaires related to persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS; Rivermead post-concussion symptoms questionnaire), sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) and daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) were administered as part of the survey. Ninety-one participants’ responses were analysed (61 female; 30 male); 43% of them suffered from post-concussive syndrome, 60% reported poor sleep quality and 34% experienced excessive daytime sleepiness. The proportion of PPCS was significantly higher in female participants as compared to males (female: 57%; male: 13%; Fisher’s exact test p < 0.001). Excessive daytime sleepiness was also significantly more present in females (female: 44%; male: 13%; p < 0.001) whereas poor sleep quality was present in similar proportions between females and males (female: 66%; male: 50%; p = 0.176). Even though based on a relatively small sample, these findings highlight important gender differences that should be accounted for in PPCS medical care and management. MDPI 2023-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9954746/ /pubmed/36831865 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13020323 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Gender Specificities in Sleep Disturbances following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Preliminary Study
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title_short Gender Specificities in Sleep Disturbances following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Preliminary Study
title_sort gender specificities in sleep disturbances following mild traumatic brain injury: a preliminary study
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36831865
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13020323
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