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Sleep and Quality of Life in Diabetes

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Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine

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Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic medical conditions. It affects all age groups, has a variety of presentations, a range of complications, and numerous therapeutic interventions. Its impact on patients’ quality of life is dependent on factors such as demographics, the level of glycemic control, and the presence of co-morbidities and diabetic complications. Some of these complications, such as painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy and nocturia, can cause sleep onset and sleep maintenance problems resulting in poor sleep quality, daytime fatigue, and somnolence. Co-morbidities, such as depression, are common in diabetes and may affect sleep and quality of life. Sleep complaints and sleep disorders, such as restless legs syndrome and sleep-related breathing disorders, are very common among adult diabetics. Their impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the diabetics, however, has not been extensively studied. Even though there is a multitude of validated quality of life measures that have been used in the diabetic population, few generic and disease-specific questionnaires include sleep-related items. The results of the studies using instruments that incorporate sleep-related questions indicate that sleep complaints contribute significantly to the overall impairment of quality of life in this population. This chapter will review the literature on the relationship between diabetes, some of its complications, HRQoL and sleep quality. It will focus on the most common sleep disorders and describe their impact on quality of life. Finally, it will provide suggestions for further research in this area.

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  2. Divison of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street - Rm # BB813, New York, NY 10032, USA

    S. R. Pandi-Perumal

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU), 3560 Bathurst St., Toronto, M6A 2E1, Canada

    David L. Streiner

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Skomro, R.P. (2008). Sleep and Quality of Life in Diabetes. In: Verster, J.C., Pandi-Perumal, S.R., Streiner, D.L. (eds) Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-343-5_48

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