Emotional states and sleep disorders in adolescent and young adult cystic fibrosis patients.

The aim of the study was to evaluate level of anxiety, depression and aggression and the sleep quality among Polish adolescent and young adult suffering from cystic fibrosis including the evaluation of their FEV1. The study involved 70 patients both male and female aged between 14 and 25 and suffering from cystic fibrosis. Anxiety, depression and aggression were evaluated by means of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the quality of sleep was examined following Athens Insomnia Scale another aspect taken into consideration was patients' FEV1. The data analysis was carried out by means of Chi2, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Student's t-test, Fisher-Snedecor test, Pearson correlation coeficient. The level of statistical significance was set at p <0.05. Anxiety was observed in 27 (38.6%) cases, depression in 17 (24.3%) and aggression in 46 (65.7%) cases. Anxiety (p = 0.017) and aggression (p = 0.004) were significantly higher among women than among men. 37 (52.8%) patients reported sleep disorders. The findings proved that there is a connection between the quality of sleep and anxiety (r = 0.631; p = 0.000), depression (r = 0.621; p = 0.000) and aggression (r = 0.293; p = 0.014). No significant relationship was found between the quality of sleep and patients' expiratory volume. Emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression and aggression as well as sleep disorders are commonly reported in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis.