Insomnia and Chronic Pain

Our research shows there is a relationship between sleep and pain that is not influenced by underlying psychiatric or sleep disorders," Sethi told MedPage Today. As expected, the researchers found a statistically significant correlation between the Brief Pain Inventory and Insomnia Severity Index (r=0.41; P<0.0001). Each one-point increase in average Brief Pain Inventory scores was associated with a 1.2 point rise in the Insomnia Severity Index. When the pain-sleep relationship was compared with the presence or absence of an underlying psychiatric disorder, the outcome did not change: the pain-sleep association was similar regardless of psychiatric diagnosis. https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aapm/78510?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2019-03-13&eun=g721819d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NEW%20Daily%20Headlines%20Email_TestB%202019-03-13&utm_term=DHE_ShadeTest_1