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Difficult morning awakening from rapid eye movement sleep and impaired cognitive function in delayed sleep phase disorder patients.

Sleep Medicine 2014 October
OBJECTIVES: Difficult awakening is a key symptom of delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD), but no studies have quantified awakening thresholds in a sleep laboratory. This study assessed whether cognitive function was impaired after awakening and whether difficult awakening was associated with specific polysomnographic features such as slow wave sleep stage N3.

METHODS: Nine patients with DSPD and nine sex- and age-matched healthy controls were included. Polysomnography was performed at our university hospital from midnight. An alarm clock was activated at 07:00 with sound intensity increasing from 72 to 104 dB. Participants performed a continuous performance test (CPT) the previous afternoon and immediately upon awakening.

RESULTS: Three DSPD patients and zero controls did not wake up to the maximum 104 dB alarm sound; all three patients were in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep when the alarm clock went off (difference in proportions, P = 0.047). In patients, CPT reaction time was prolonged in the morning compared to the afternoon [analysis of variance (ANOVA) interaction, P = 0.01]. DSPD patients made more omission errors than controls regardless of time of the day (ANOVA main effect, P = 0.046).

CONCLUSION: Difficult awakening from slow wave sleep was not observed. A subgroup of DSPD patients may have a severe problem waking up from REM sleep. DSPD patients may also have a state-like impairment in cognitive function in the morning and a trait-like impairment not depending on time of day, compared to normal sleepers.

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