Patient-reported pain and impaired sleep quality in adult patients with cystic fibrosis.
BACKGROUND
Sleep impairment has been described in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Pain is a known cause of sleep disturbance and as pain is commonly reported in patients with CF, we sought to find an association between impaired sleep quality and pain.


METHODS
Fifty adult CF patients completed surveys of pain and sleep quality. The results were analyzed with additional clinical data including age, sex, nutritional status, and lung function.


RESULTS
Thirty-two patients (64%) reported recent pain and 33 patients (66%) reported abnormal sleep quality. The patients with pain report worse sleep quality than those without pain (p=0.006). There was a strong correlation between impaired sleep quality and pain (p<0.0001).


CONCLUSIONS
We found that pain and poor sleep quality are reported in a majority of adult CF patients and there is a strong correlation between the two. This will have important clinical implications in the evaluation and treatment of adult patients.
Flume
Patrick A
PA
Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425, United States. flumepa@musc.edu
Ciolino
Jody
J
Gray
Susan
S
Lester
Mary K
MK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult