Brain sciences
Sleep in Spouses of Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
By Kefeli MC and Hamamcı M.
Abstract
Background/objectives
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) severely impacts both patients and their families. This study aimed to compare sleep quality, insomnia severity, and daytime sleepiness in partners of individuals with OCD against a healthy control group. Additionally, it investigated how patient OCD severity and partner depression and anxiety symptoms relate to these sleep outcomes.
Methods
This cross-sectional case-control study included 104 spouses of OCD patients (46 females, 58 males; mean age 37.92 ± 8.22 years) and 100 healthy control spouses (48 females, 52 males; mean age 38.40 ± 7.93 years), all married for at least one year. Spouses completed the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). Patient OCD severity was assessed using the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS).