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1 Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Économiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Marseille, France.
2 ORS PACA, Observatoire régional de la santé Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, France.
3 COREVIH Aquitaine, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
4 Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hôpital de Perpignan, Perpignan, France.
5 Univ. Bordeaux, ISPED, Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Team MORPH3EUS, UMR 1219, CIC-EC 1401, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
6 CHU de Bordeaux, Pôle de santé publique, Service d'information médicale, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
7 Service Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France.
8 Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
9 Service Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, AP-HP, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.
10 INSERM U-1223, Institut Pasteur.
11 Service d'Hépatologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
Although common among patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), sleep disturbances (SD) are still poorly documented in this population in the HCV cure era. This longitudinal study aimed at analysing SD in HIV-HCV coinfected patients and identifying their clinical and sociobehavioural correlates.
METHODS:
We used 5-year annual follow-up data from 1047 participants in the French National Agency for Research on Aids and Viral Hepatitis Cohort 13 'Hépatite et VIH' (ANRS CO13 HEPAVIH) cohort of HIV-HCV coinfected patients to identify clinical (medical records) and behavioural (self-administered questionnaires) correlates of SD (mixed-effects logistic regression). SD were identified using one item documenting the occurrence of insomnia or difficulty falling asleep (ANRS 'Action Coordonnée 24' self-reported symptoms checklist), and two items documenting perceived sleep quality (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression and WHO Quality of Life HIV-specific brief scales).
RESULTS:
Seven hundred and sixteen (68.4%) patients with completed self-administered questionnaires reported SD at their most recent follow-up visit. In the multivariable model, hazardous alcohol consumption (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption score≥4 for men, ≥3 for women) (adjusted odds ratio=1.61; 95% confidence interval: 1.09-2.36), depressive symptoms (6.78; 4.36-10.55) and the number of other physical and psychological self-reported symptoms (1.10; 1.07-1.13) were associated independently with SD after adjustment for sex, age and employment status. HCV cure was not associated significantly with SD.
CONCLUSION:
SD remain frequent in HIV-HCV coinfected patients and are associated with a series of modifiable behavioural risk factors. Independent of HCV cure, improved screening and comprehensive management of alcohol use, physical and psychological self-reported symptoms and depression are essential in this population. Closer investigation of these risk factors of SDs may both increase sleep quality and indirectly improve patients' clinical outcomes.