Sleep & Chronic Pain Quiz

Losing sleep can lead to… *

better sleep later on

increased inflammation, pain perception and immune/stress response

improved sleep efficiency

How could the relationship between pain and sleep be described? *

Interconnected: more pain leads to less sleep and less sleep leads to more pain

Interconnected: Increased pain leads to improved sleep

Unrelated: pain doesn't affect sleep and sleep doesn't affect pain

What are some aspects of sleep that are affected by chronic pain? *

Drooling, snoring, and tossing and turning

Sleep effectiveness and dreaming

Sleep efficiency, awakenings, amount of REM sleep, amount of NREM sleep

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