Characterizing the Relationship Shared by Sleep Disorders and Diabetes

Pennie Seibert, PhD

INI Director of Research
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Boise, Idaho

Research has demonstrated that sleep disorders (SDs) are associated with prolific health problems. The extent of these relationships has not been clearly ascertained because of significant rates of under or inadequate diagnoses along with a multitude of intervening variables associated with disease symptomatology. Investigations are further constrained by difficulty in acquiring valid data from people whose diagnoses are based on a complete nocturnal polysomnography (NP) and/or multiple sleep latency tests (MSLT). Researchers are beginning to examine relationships shared by SDs and diabetes to illuminate relevant covariance. It is estimated that 23.6 million people in the United States have diabetes and an additional 57 million people have pre-diabetes. Daily self-management is essential for controlling diabetes and its associated complications. Comorbidity of diabetes with SDs may present unique challenges for daily self-management because SDs may compromise cognition, emotional well-being, and general health.

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