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. 2014 Feb;29(2):243-7.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2014.29.2.243. Epub 2014 Jan 28.

Sleep disturbances and glucoregulation in patients with type 2 diabetes

Eun-Hee Cho  1 , HeyJean Lee  2 , Ohk Hyun Ryu  3 , Moon Gi Choi  3 , Sang-Wook Kim  1
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Sleep disturbances and glucoregulation in patients with type 2 diabetes

Eun-Hee Cho et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

We investigated the frequency of sleep disturbances and the association between sleep disturbances and glucoregulation in type 2 diabetic patients. The frequency of sleep disturbances in 614 type 2 diabetic patients was investigated using validated sleep questionnaires. There were 381 male and 233 female patients. The mean age was 59.7 ± 11.1 yr; the mean body mass index was 24.9 ± 4.4 kg/m(2); the mean HbA1c was 7.8% ± 1.5%; and the mean duration of diabetes was 10.3 ± 8.4 yr. The questionnaires revealed insomnia in 48.2% of the patients while 8.5% reported excessive daytime sleepiness. A total of 49% of the patients was poor sleepers, while 28.5% had depression. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that there was no significant association between HbA1c and other sleep disturbances, such as poor sleep, insomnia, and short duration of sleep. Sleep disturbances were very common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, whereas there was no association between poor or short sleep and glucoregulation. Awareness and identifying sleep complaints in such patients are necessary to improve their quality of daily life.

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus; Glucose; Sleep Disorders.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Global PSQI score according to the duration of diabetes.
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