Magnitude of the impact of hot flashes on sleep in perimenopausal women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the impact of objectively recorded hot flashes on objective sleep in perimenopausal women.

Design

Cross-sectional study. Participants underwent 1-5 laboratory-based polysomnographic recordings for a total of 63 nights, including sternal skin-conductance measures, from which 222 hot flashes were identified according to established criteria. Data were analyzed with hierarchical mixed-effect models and Spearman's rank correlations.

Setting

Sleep laboratory.

Patient(s)

Thirty-four perimenopausal women (age ± SD: 50.4 ± 2.7 years).

Intervention(s)

None.

Main outcome measure(s)

Perceived and polysomnographic sleep measures (sleep quality, amount of time spent awake after sleep onset, and number of awakenings). Subjective (frequency

SUBMITTER: de Zambotti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4252627 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature