Características do sono e qualidade de vida em dependentes de cocaína / Characteristics and quality of life in cocaine users

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: Drug abuse, such as cocaine, can alter sleep and endanger several aspects of life. In this study, we evaluate sleep characteristics and Quality of Life (QL) in cocaine userspatients, at intoxication phase (drug use). METHOD: It was accomplished at Institute Bairral of Psychiatry, the study group was composed of 40 patients, average age of 28.92, that is 37 men and 3 women, that keep with cocaine relation diagnostically clinically as dependent, evaluated as soon as admitted in the hospital, 40 controls subjects, composed by relatives and professionals that work at the hospital, paired per age and gender. The used instruments comprised: Clinic Interview Semi-directed, Brazil Economical Classification, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Quality of Life Scale WHOQOL-BREF. RESULTS: There was significant difference between both groups regarding global punctuation with great sleep damage in study group (p<0,001) and, statistically, the study group has smaller scores of QL than control group, except for environment domain (p=0.137). Regarding depressives symptoms and anxiety, results showed that the study group has more elevated indexes of these symptoms. CONCLUSION: There is a damage of sleep quality and QL of cocaine users, with depressive symptoms and anxiety.

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cocaine quality of life sleep depressão depression distúrbios do início e da manutenção do sono qualidade de vida cocaína anxiety sleep initiation and maintenance disorders ansiedade sleep disorders sono transtornos do sono

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