Abstracts tagged "sleep disorders and spondylarthropathy"

Abstract Number: 592 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Clinical and Psychological Correlates of Sleep Difficulties in Patients with Spondyloarthropathies Compared to Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Konstantinos Kotsis¹, Thomas Hyphantis², Paraskevi V. Voulgari³, Andre F. Carvalho⁴ and Alexandros A. Drosos⁵, ¹Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece., Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece., Ioannina, Greece, ²Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110, Greece., Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110, Greece., Ioannina, Greece, ³Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110, Associate Professor of Rheumatology, Ioannina, Greece, ⁴Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Fortaleza, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Background/Purpose Sleep difficulties are common in patients with rheumatological disorders. Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) report frequently poor quality sleep, numerous night awakening and difficulty…