Who sleeps better? Sleep patterns and sleep disturbances in adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain or inflammatory bowel disease and healthy controls

Background: Sleep difficulties play an important role in the maintenance and course of chronic abdominal pain disorders (RAP IBD). Particularly among adolescents with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) or recurrent (RAP), adequate sleep seems to be important, as self associated symptoms can cause distress impair daytime functioning. Hence it take a closer look concerning within different conditions especially comparison healthy control. To our knowledge no former study compared problems youths RAP IBD well controls. Thus aim present was 1) evaluate 2) compare these control group. Methods: 129 (14-25 years) took part online survey, 58 suffering from IBD, 23 had 48 Adolescents completed questionnaires PSQI, SDSC NEQ. Data analysed by conducting MANOVAs test differences between three groups followed post-hoc analyses. Results: Significant both patient controls regarding quality disturbances were found. Results indicate that young patients suffered more often poor quality, daily effects nightmares than The showed elevated scores for patients. However, did not differ significantly most measurements. Discussion: at hand first difficulties. have impaired higher rate suffer Therefore should also addressed when treating prevent further impairments.