Arthritis and Sleep

Study Shows Sleeping Problems Often An Overlooked Symptom Of Arthritis

Poor quality of sleep is equally problematic as joint pain and limited mobility for many people suffering with arthritis.

Study shows that sleep disruption appears to be an overlooked consequence of arthritis for many people. People suffering with arthritis need to give more attention to the often dismissed symptom of disrupted sleep, according to results from a national study.

Sleeping Problems: Often A Dismissed Symptom Of Arthritis

Most people, if asked to list the symptoms of arthritis, would include pain, stiffness, discomfort, and limited mobility in their response.

Countless articles, reports, and studies have focused on:

• arthritis symptoms
• arthritis treatments
• coping with arthritis

Fatigue also is recognized as a symptom of many types of arthritis, in the sense of being "worn out" or "lacking energy".

Often overlooked though is the impact of arthritis on sleep.

About The Study Researchers

from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill surveyed 937 Medicare recipients, 65 years old or older. In the national study, participants were asked questions about both:

• how they sought relief from arthritis?
• how arthritis affected them? Various disruptions to daily living caused by arthritis were cited by the study participants.

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