{"id":25417,"date":"2020-04-14T07:24:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=25417"},"modified":"2020-04-14T07:24:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:24:37","slug":"emotional-awareness-correlated-with-number-of-awakenings-from-polysomnography-in-patients-with-me-cfs-a-pilot-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/emotional-awareness-correlated-with-number-of-awakenings-from-polysomnography-in-patients-with-me-cfs-a-pilot-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional awareness correlated with number of awakenings from polysomnography in patients with ME\/CFS – a pilot study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emotional awareness correlated with number of awakenings from polysomnography in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome\u2014a pilot study<\/a>, by Indre Bileviciute-Ljungar and Danielle Friberg in Front. Psychiatry, 26 March 2020 [https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyt.2020.00222]<\/h3>\n

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Research abstract:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Introduction: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Unrefreshing sleep is one of the diagnostic criteria in myalgic encephalomyelitis\/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS), which could be explained by sleep disorders, for example obstructive sleep apnea<\/a>, reported in our previous study with polysomnography<\/a>. Our previous findings also indicate difficulties in emotional regulation<\/a> when measuring alexithymia<\/a> by TAS-20 (Toronto Alexithymia Scale) and level of emotional awareness by LEAS (Level of Emotional Awareness Scale<\/a>) in ME\/CFS patients. However, the reasons for this are unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate correlations between data from subjective emotional regulation and polysomnography.<\/p>\n

Methods:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twenty-three ME\/CFS patients (5 men and 18 women) of mean age 43, and 30 matched healthy controls (9 males and 21 women) of mean age 45, filled in TAS-20, LEAS, and Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale (HADS). A polysomnography was performed on patients but not on healthy controls. Thus, values of normal population were used for sleep evaluation in ME\/CFS patients.<\/p>\n

Result:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were significant differences between patients and controls in several aspects of emotional regulation, for example LEAS-self and LEAS-total. Seventy percent of the patients had increased numbers of awakenings (shifts from any sleep stage to awake), 22% had obstructive sleep apneas, and 27% had periodic limb movements. Correlation analysis showed that number of awakenings significantly correlated with LEAS-self and LEAS-total, p < 0.01, respectively. There were no other significant correlations.<\/p>\n

Conclusion: <\/strong><\/p>\n

This pilot study demonstrated significant correlations between reduced emotional awareness and number of awakenings in polysomnography. Future studies with larger cohorts need to be conducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emotional awareness correlated with number of awakenings from polysomnography in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome\u2014a pilot study, by Indre Bileviciute-Ljungar and Danielle Friberg in Front. Psychiatry, 26 March 2020 [https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyt.2020.00222]   Research abstract: Introduction: Unrefreshing sleep is one of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[5798,3973,5796,3972,5797,3669,1107,663],"class_list":["post-25417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-awak","tag-danielle-friberg","tag-emotional-self-regulation","tag-indre-bileviciute-ljungar","tag-level-of-emotional-awareness-scale","tag-periodic-limb-movements-in-sleep","tag-polysomnography","tag-sleep-dysfunction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-6BX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25422,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25417\/revisions\/25422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}