Poor sleep is associated with deficits of attention in COPD patients

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[Sampol J, Sampol G] Servei de Pneumologia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIIII), Barcelona, Spain. Unitat del Son, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. [Ferrer J] Servei de Pneumologia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIIII), Barcelona, Spain. [Miravitlles M] Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIIII), Barcelona, Spain. Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. [Sáez M] Servei de Pneumologia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Unitat del Son, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. [Romero O] Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIIII), Barcelona, Spain. Unitat del Son, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Servei de Neurofisiologia Clínica, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain

Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus

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2023-11-10T13:40:35Z

2023-11-10T13:40:35Z

2023-12



Abstract

COPD; Cognitive impairment; Sleep


EPOC; Deterioro cognitivo; Dormir


MPOC; Discapacitat cognitiva; Dormir


Background Poor sleep and attention deficits are common in COPD. Objectives To assess the relationship between self-reported poor sleep and attention deficits in COPD. We also studied the association between self-reported sleep and the attention tests with the objective characteristics of sleep. Methods Fifty-nine COPD patients were prospectively studied. Self-reported sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI). Objective characteristics of sleep were assessed by actigraphy and polysomnography. Attention was evaluated with the Oxford sleep resistance test (OSLER) and the Psychomotor vigilance test (PVT). Results 28 (47 %) patients referred poor sleep (PSQI >5). In the OSLER test they showed earlier sleep onset than patients with good sleep, median (Interquartil range): 31.2 min (25.4–40) vs 40 min (28.5–40), p: 0.048. They also spent more time making errors: 4.5 % (0.6–7.6) of total test time vs 0.7 % (0.2–5.3), p: 0.048. In PVT, patients with poor sleep presented a greater dispersion of the reaction time values with a higher value in the slowest 10 % of the reactions, 828 (609–1667) msec. vs 708 (601–993) msec, p: 0.028. No association was found between self-reported poor sleep and objective sleep variables. We found no correlation between OSLER and PVT results and polysomnographic variables except between sleep efficiency and PVT response speed (β: 0.309, p: 0.018). Conclusion Self-reported poor sleep in COPD is associated with attention deficits. Sleep quality should be included in future studies of this facet of cognition in COPD, as well as to assess its potential usefulness as a therapeutic target.


This study was funded by AstraZeneca Spain.

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English

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Elsevier

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