D'Aurizio Giulia, Tosti Beatrice, Tempesta Daniela, Avvantaggiato Lucia, Splendiani Alessandra, Sacco Simona, Mandolesi Laura, Curcio Giuseppe
Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Department of Penitentiary Administration, Ministry of Justice, 00164 Roma, Italy.
Brain Sci. 2023 Jan 12;13(1):132. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13010132.
Several previous subjective- or interview-based reports indicated a reduced sleep quality and quantity as well as a great incidence of insomnia troubles in prisoners living in jail. The aim of the present study is to assess the quality and quantity of sleep by using, for the first time, actigraphy. A total of thirty male prisoners and thirty male control volunteers accepted to participate in this study: to this end, they filled in some questionnaires to assess state and trait anxiety, depression, sleep quality, and insomnia severity. In addition, their sleep was actigraphically recorded for seven consecutive nights. The main results indicate a worsened mood in prisoners than in controls (with increased anxiety and depression) as well as a subjectively reported low sleep quality (higher scores at PSQI) with a clinical presence of insomnia complaints (as indicated by ISI scores). Moreover, objectively assessed sleep by means of actigraphy exhibited some worrying results, namely a longer sleep onset and a reduced total sleep time was seen in prisoners with respect to controls. The results have been discussed in the light of potential effects of sleep quality and quantity as well as of mood symptoms on cognitive functioning, as well as with respect to prisoners' health and well-being.
先前的几份基于主观或访谈的报告表明，住在监狱里的囚犯睡眠质量和睡眠时间下降，失眠问题发生率很高。本研究的目的是首次使用活动记录仪评估睡眠的质量和数量。共有30名男性囚犯和30名男性对照志愿者参与了这项研究：为此，他们填写了一些问卷，以评估状态焦虑和特质焦虑、抑郁、睡眠质量和失眠严重程度。此外，连续七个晚上用活动记录仪记录他们的睡眠情况。主要结果表明，囚犯的情绪比对照组更差（焦虑和抑郁增加），主观报告睡眠质量较低（匹兹堡睡眠质量指数得分更高），临床上存在失眠主诉（失眠严重程度指数得分表明）。此外，通过活动记录仪客观评估的睡眠显示出一些令人担忧的结果，即与对照组相比，囚犯的入睡时间更长，总睡眠时间减少。已根据睡眠质量和数量以及情绪症状对认知功能的潜在影响，以及与囚犯的健康和幸福感相关的方面对结果进行了讨论。
