Poor sleep quality is common and independently associated with disease activity and poor quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: a long-term follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) activity and poor sleep quality is reported. However, most research subjectively investigated this issue and lacked long-term follow-up.

Objectives

Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence of sleep disturbance in IBD patients across disease activity and evaluate the long-term correlation between disease activity, sleep quality, and quality of life.

Design

This prospective observational study assessed sleep quality in patients with IBD.

Methods

Patients with IBD were categorized into groups based on clinical activity scores. The sleep questionnaire (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)) and IBD questionnaire (IBDQ) were evaluated monthly for 12 months. Seven-day sleep data from wrist actig

SUBMITTER: Chaemsupaphan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11700411 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature