Objective and subjective assessment of sleep in chronic low back pain patients

Description: The purpose of this study was to expand previous research into sleep disturbance in CLBP by comparing objective and subjective sleep quality in participants with CLBP and healthy age and gender matched controls, to identify correlates of poor sleep and to test logistics and gather information prior to a larger study.
Conclusions CLBP participants demonstrated poorer overall sleep, increased insomnia symptoms and less efficient sleep. Further investigation using a larger sample size and a longer period of sleep monitoring is ongoing.
Objective and subjective assessment of sleep in chronic low back pain patients compared with healthy age and gender matched controls: a pilot study Grainne M O'Donoghue , Niall Fox , Conor Heneghan and Deirdre A Hurley BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10:122 Full text available