Comparison between Subjective and Actigraphic Measurement of Sleep in Psychiatric Inpatients

주관적 수면평가와 활동기록기를 이용한 수면평가의 비교 - 정신과입원환자를 대상으로 -

Objectives：Assessment of sleep disturbance is an essential part of the diagnostic criteria used for several psychiatric disorders. Change in sleep patterns over time may indicate response to treatment. In clinical practice, sleep is usually evaluated subjectively by patient self-report. This study was aimed to compare subjective sleep assessment with objective sleep measurement by actigraphy in psychiatric inpatients. Methods：A total of 32 psychiatric inpatients were studied. Patients were asked to wear a wrist actigraphy for three consecutive days and nights and to fill out a sleep log each morning. The severity of depression and anxiety was evaluated according to Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory on the first day of the study. The subjective level of satisfaction with quality of sleep was also evaluated according to visual analog scale. Nurses assessed sleep at one hour interval between 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM for three consecutive nights. Results：There was statistically significant difference of sleep latency between patient's sleep log and acti-graphic measurement. Nursing reports were more consistent with actigraphic measurement than sleep log. Interestingly, subjectively poor sleepers show no significant difference in sleep parameters compared with those of good sleepers. Subjectively poor sleepers report longer sleep latency than that of actigraphic assessment. The discrepancy between subjective and objective assessment of sleep latency was significantly correlated with scores of Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Conclusion：These results show that there are discrepancies between subjective and objective assessment of sleep. The discrepancy of sleep assessment could be influenced by severe depression and anxiety. Especially objective sleep measurement is needed to assess sleep in psychiatric inpatients with severe depression or anxiety and the subjectively poor sleepers for more reliable measurements.

연구목적 : 임상현장에서 주로 환자나 간호사의 주관적인 수면보고에 의존하여 수면을 평가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 주관적 수면평가와 활동기록을 이용한 수면평가를 비교하고자 한다. 방 법 : 32명의 정신과 입원 환자를 대상으로 하였고, 대상자들에게 활동기록기를 이용한 수면평가, 수면일지, 주관적인 수면의 질에 대한 시각적 증상 정도 평가, BDI, STAI를 시행하였다. 간호사도 3일 동안 한 시간마다 환자의 수면을 평가하였다. 결 과 : 환자의 보고와 활동기록기를 이용한 수면측정상 입면잠복시간에서 유의한 차이를 보였다. 환자는 간호사보다 자고 있음에도 깨어있었다고 더 많이 보고하였다. 주관적 수면평가와 활동기록 수면평가의 차이는 불안, 우울과 상관관계를 보였다. 결 론 : 주관적으로 수면의 질을 낮게 평가하는 환자일수록 활동기록기로 측정한 입면잠복시간과 더 큰 차이를 보였고, 우울, 불안 증상이 심한 환자의 수면보고는 활동기록 측정값과 큰 차이를 보였다. 이런 환자들에게 수면의 질에 대한 질문만으로는 정확한 수면평가가 어려우므로 객관적인 수면평가가 필요하겠다.