Sleep Patterns, Pain, and Emotional Functioning in Youth with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Youth with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be at increased risk for sleep difficulties due to the painful and inflammatory nature of their disease. Moreover, children and adolescents with IBD experience impairment across a variety of psychosocial domains. However, researchers have yet to investigate the complex interplay between sleep, disease-related symptoms, and psychosocial factors in this population. The purpose of this study was to examine sleep patterns, pain, and mood in pediatric IBD.

Methods

A sample of 25 children and adolescents with IBD (Mage = 14.24, Range = 10-18 years; 56% male) were recruited from a pediatric gastroenterology clinic. Youth wore an actigraphy watch and completed daily measures of affect and pain over the course of 14 day

SUBMITTER: Szabo MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11101145 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature