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Ecstasy use and self-reported disturbances in sleep

✍ Scribed by Rowan P. Ogeil; Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam; James G. Phillips; Jennifer R. Redman; Jillian H. Broadbear

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 110 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6222
DOI: 10.1002/hup.1233

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✦ Synopsis

Objective

Ecstasy users report a number of complaints after its use including disturbed sleep. However, little is known regarding which attributes of ecstasy use are associated with sleep disturbances, which domains of sleep are affected or which factors may predict those ecstasy users likely to have poor sleep quality and/or excessive daytime sleepiness.

Methods

This study examined questionnaire responses of social drug users (n = 395) to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale.

Results

A significant proportion of ecstasy users (69.5%) had Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores above the threshold used to identify sleep disturbance. Although frequency of ecstasy use did not affect the degree of reported sleep disturbance, participants who used larger amounts of ecstasy had poorer sleep. In addition, participants who perceived harmful consequences arising from their ecstasy use or had experienced remorse following ecstasy use had poorer sleep. Clinically relevant levels of sleep disturbance were still evident after controlling for polydrug use. Risk factors for poor sleep quality were younger age, injury post‐ecstasy use and having been told to cut down on ecstasy use.

Conclusions

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