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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Assessment of sleep disturbance in patients with Wilson’s disease

 

Controls

Patients

P

NV

NNV

P#

P##

Sex (male/female)

25/15

27/15

1

19/8

8/7

0.566

0.442

Age (years)

26 (21, 33)

26 (22.5, 33)

0.950

27.15 ± 7.06

29.27 ± 9.08

0.865

0.406

Disease duration (years)

-

5 (2, 13.25)

-

5 (3, 14)

5 (1, 8)

-

0.222

UWDRS

-

10.5 (4, 39.25)

-

30 (10, 46)

3 (0, 5)

-

< 0.001

PDSS items

       

Quality of sleep (PDSS1)

9 (8, 10)

8 (6, 9.25)

0.082

8 (5, 9)

9 (8, 10)

0.041

0.069

difficulty falling asleep (PDSS2)

10 (10, 10)

10 (8.75, 10)

0.003

10 (9, 10)

10 (8, 10)

0.013

0.903

difficulty staying asleep (PDSS3)

10 (10, 10)

10 (9.75, 10)

0.004

10 (8, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.001

0.030

Restlessness of legs (PDSS4)

10 (8, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.077

10 (9, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.144

0.335

Fidgety in bed (PDSS5)

9 (8, 10)

9 (8, 10)

0.055

8 (5, 10)

9 (8, 10)

0.046

0.112

Distressing dreams (PDSS6)

9.5 (8, 10)

10 (8.75, 10)

0.942

10 (8, 10)

9 (9, 10)

0.990

0.832

Hallucination at night (PDSS7)

9 (9, 10)

9 (7.75, 10)

0.052

9 (6, 10)

9 (8, 10)

0.111

0.364

Nycturia (PDSS8)

9 (8.25, 10)

9 (5.75, 10)

0.334

9 (5, 10)

9 (7, 10)

0.407

0.470

Urine incontinence (PDSS9)

10 (10, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.241

10 (10, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.044

0.294

Numbness/tingling in legs (PDSS10)

10 (10, 10)

10 (9, 10)

0.050

10 (10, 10)

10 (9, 10)

0.037

0.165

Nocturnal cramps (PDSS11)

10 (10, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.056

10 (10, 10)

10 (9, 10)

0.139

0.726

Painful posturing (PDSS 12)

10 (10, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.447

10 (10, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.662

0.413

Tremor on wakening (PDSS13)

10 (10, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.036

10 (10, 10)

10 (10, 10)

0.082

0.770

Sleep refreshment (PDSS14)

8 (5.25, 10)

8 (5, 10)

0.224

8 (5, 10)

8 (5, 10)

0.450

0.756

Daytime dosing (PDSS15)

8 (8, 9.75)

8 (7, 10)

0.893

8 (7, 10)

9 (7, 10)

0.865

0.648

PDSS

135 (126, 141)

142 (134, 145)

0.001

132 (124, 138)

136 (130, 142)

0.002

0.133

PSQI

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 7)

< 0.001

6 (4, 8)

4 (3, 6)

< 0.001

0.023

ESS

4 (2, 4)

5 (3.75, 8)

0.044

5.37 ± 3.14

5.67 ± 3.29

0.128

0.775

HAMA

1 (0, 1)

4 (2, 7)

< 0.001

4 (3, 8)

2 (1, 4)

< 0.001

0.031

HAMD

1 (0, 2)

5 (3, 8)

< 0.001

7 (4, 10)

3 (2, 6)

< 0.001

0.048

  1. p: comparison between Controls and Patients;
  2. P#: comparison among the three groups (Controls, NV, NNV);
  3. P##: comparison between NV and NNV;
  4. Abbreviations: Neurological variant (NV); Non-neurological variant (NNV); Unified Wilson’s disease rating scale (UWDRS); Parkinson’s disease Sleep Scale (PDSS); Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI); Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS); Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA); Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD)