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KMID : 1034320110020020054
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Sleep Medicine Research
2011 Volume.2 No. 2 p.54 ~ p.62
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Perceived Stress, Depression, and Coping Strategies in Patients with Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder
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Yang Chang-Kook
Yang Kil-Sung
Clerk Alex
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Abstract
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Background and Objective This study examined coping strategy frequencies among patients with sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD) and how the coping strategies related to patients’ respiratory disturbance indices, daytime sleepiness complaints, perceived stress, and depressive mood.
Methods: Participants were 170 SRBD patients (Males, 132; Females, 38) and 71 healthy controls (Males, 42; Females, 29). All participants completed questionnaires that assessed daytime sleepiness, perceived stress, depressive mood, and coping styles. Nocturnal polysomnography confirmed all patients as having SRBD.
Results: The SRBD patients complained of significantly more daytime sleepiness, higher perceived stress, and more depressive mood compared to controls. We found no significant differences between patient and control groups in how often participants used each coping strategy. Both groups used significantly more problem-focused than emotion-focused coping strategies. However, those who complained of greater sleepiness, perceived higher stress, and/or had more severe depressive mood used greater levels of emotion-focused than problem-focused coping, compared to their counterparts.
Conclusions: These findings suggest SRBD patients reporting excessive daytime sleepiness experienced greater stress and felt more depressed. The study also suggests those who complained of greater sleepiness, perceived higher stress, and/or reported more depressive mood coped less effectively, by using emotion-focused coping strategies more often, at the time of these measurements.
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KEYWORD
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Sleep-related breathing disorder, Stress, Depression, Coping strategies
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