Araújo, John FonteneleChellappa, Sarah Laxhmi2014-12-172006-10-312014-12-172006-07-19CHELLAPPA, Sarah Laxhmi. Evaluation of sleep disorders complaints in outpatients with depressive disorder. 2006. 217 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2006.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/13331To evaluate sleep disorder complaints in outpatients with depressive disorder from a general hospital. Methods: An observational, cross-sectional study was carried out with a study sample composed of 70 patients (44 women and 26 men) with diagnosis of depressive disorder, according to the DSM-IV criteria. The patients were interviewed and evaluated by the Identification Questionnaire, the Sleep Habits Questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results: In this study, 50 (71.3%) patients had recurrence of sleep disorder complaints. Mean BDI score was 35.83+8.85, with significant differences between patients with (38.50+8.70) and without (29.60+7.80) recurrence (p<0.05) and among patients with 1, 2, 3 and >3 episodes (p<0.05). In this study, 49 (70%) patients had insomnia and 21 (30%) had subjective excessive sleepiness. Significant differences were observed between the mean duration in months of the sleep disorders (7.16+2.10) and the depressive disorder (6.12+1.90) (p<0.05). Discussion: In the study sample, recurrence of sleep disorder complaints was high and significantly associated with severe depression. Insomnia was prevalent and the mean duration of sleep disorders was higher in relation to depressive disorderapplication/pdfAcesso AbertoTranstornos do sonoDistúrbio do início e da manutenção do sonoTranstornos do sono por sonolência excessivaTranstorno depressivoSleep disordersSleep initiation and maintenance disorderDisorders of excessive somnolenceDepressive disordermasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE