title: Changes in the circadian rhythm in patients with primary glaucoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study was undertaken to investigate whether glaucoma affects the sleep quality and whether there is any difference between patients with primary glaucoma (primary open angle glaucoma, POAG and primary angle-closure glaucoma, PACG) and healthy subjects, using a validated self-rated questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
  
  
  METHODS
  The sleep quality of patients with POAG and PACG was tested against normal controls. Subjects were divided into three sub-groups according to age. Differences in the frequency of sleep disturbances (PSQI score >7) were assessed. The differences of sleep quality within the three groups and within the POAG group depending on the patients' intraocular pressure (IOP) and impairment of visual field (VF) were also studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  92 POAG patients, 48 PACG patients and 199 controls were included. Sleep quality declined with age in control and POAG group (tendency chi-square, P<0.05). The prevalence of sleep disturbances was higher in POAG and PACG group than in the control group, the differences were statistically significant. The prevalence of sleep disturbances was higher in patients with PACG, compared to POAG patients in the age interval of 61-80. In POAG group, the ratio of patients with sleep disorders increased with augmented impairment of VF, but the differences were not statistically significant (χ(2)-test, P>0.05). No significant differences were found in POAG group between patients with a highest IOP in daytime and at nighttime (χ(2)-test, P>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of sleep disorders was higher in patients with POAG and PACG than in controls. PACG patients seemed to have a more serious problem of sleep disorders than POAG patients between 61 to 80 years old. No correlation was found between the prevalence of sleep disorders and impairment of VF or the time when POAG patients showed a highest IOP.
authors: Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology and Vision Science Key Lab, Beijing, China.
authors: Huaizhou
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Ye
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Jianming
authors: J
authors: Ding
authors: Ningli
authors: N
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020178:Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014794:Visual Fields
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