Unrecognised sleep disturbances in patients with cirrhosis diagnosed with a portable electroencephalogram device.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to compare sleep characteristics between patients with liver cirrhosis and healthy controls using a standardised protocol and portable electroencephalogram (EEG) devices.

Methods

We enrolled patients with early stage cirrhosis at low risk for sleep disorders (no apnoea, insomnia, alcohol use, pruritus or major portosystemic shunt; body mass index (BMI) ≤31 kg/m²). Using propensity score matching (age, sex, BMI), 18 patients with cirrhosis were compared with 18 healthy older adults from a 95-person cohort. Sleep was assessed at home using portable EEG devices measuring total sleep time, sleep latency, wake after sleep onset, sleep efficiency, sleep stages (N1-N3, rapid eye movement (REM)) and REM latency. Questionnaires were also administered.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Uchiyama A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12778216 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature