ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Somatic Symptoms and Sleep Disorders: A Literature Review of Their Relationship, Comorbidities and Treatment.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mentalizing impairments in somatic symptom disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- A Meta-Analytic Review of the Associations of the Big Five Personality Traits with Subjective Poor Sleep Quality and Insomnia, and Meta-Regression of Some Potential Moderators.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of internet-delivered exposure therapy versus healthy lifestyle promotion for patients with persistent physical symptoms (SOMEX1): a randomized controlled trial with planned moderator analysis.Psychological medicine · 2025Trial
- Predictors of Somatic Symptom Severity in Adult Psychiatric Outpatients: A Cross-sectional Heart Rate Variability and Quantitative Electroencephalography Study.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Differential item functioning of PROMIS Sleep Disturbance-Short Form 8a across levels of health literacy in a community sample of adults.Psychological assessment · 2026Article
- Caring for the 'Heads-Down Generation': Screen Time and Physical Health Complaints Among Adolescents in Poland.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Metaverse dependency as a psychosomatic risk of immersive platforms: development and validation of the Metaverse Dependency-Related Experiences Scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The impact of depression and anxiety on the correlation between somatic symptom disorder and subjective cognitive decline in the Chinese elderly population: an exploration by simple, serial, and moderated mediation models.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring predictors of insomnia severity in shift workers using machine learning model.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Binocular vision disorders and refractive errors on university students' quality of life.International journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Exploring Causal Pathways to Sleep Quality in Young Adults Using a Multimodal Data-Driven Causal Discovery Analysis.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- The construction and validation of a clinical predictive model for somatic symptom disorders in epilepsy patients.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Non-guided, mobile, CBT-I-based sleep intervention in War-torn Ukraine: A feasibility study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Sleep and psychiatric disorders: Bidirectional interactions and shared neurobiological mechanisms.PLOS mental health · 2025Review
- Sleep disruption and premolar absence, NHANES, 2017-2020: A cross-sectional study.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2024Article
- Psychological Factors Associated with General Quality of Life in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study on a Multicultural Sample of Romanian Medical Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Self-reported quantity and quality of sleep in children and adolescents with a chronic condition compared to healthy controls.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Scoping review update on somatic symptom disorder that includes additional Chinese data.General psychiatry · 2023Article
- Stress, mental ill-health and functional somatic syndromes in incident and chronic sleep disturbance in a general adult population.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Sleep Disturbance in Chinese College Students with Mental Health Problems: A Moderated Mediation Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between somatic symptom disorder (SSD) and sleep disorders, following three research questions: (1) How are these disorders correlated? (2) What are the comorbidities reported in these patients? and (3) What are the most effective pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for both conditions? PubMed, Scopus, OVID, Medline, and ProQuest databases were searched for relevant articles published between 1957-2020. Search terms included "somatic symptoms disorder", "sleep disorders", "insomnia", "somatoform", "somatization", "therapeutic", "psychotherapy", and alternative, formerly used terms for SSD. Forty papers were finally included in the study. Prevalence of insomnia in SSD patients ranged between 20.4-48%, with this being strongly correlated to somatic symptoms and psychosocial disability. The most relevant comorbidities were generalized anxiety disorder, depression, fatigue, negative mood, substance use, orthorexia, alexithymia, anorexia, weight loss, poor eating habits, and acute stress disorder. Patients receiving antidepressant therapy reported significant improvements in insomnia and somatic symptoms. In terms of non-pharmacological interventions, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) showed improvements in sleep outcomes, while the Specialized Treatment for Severe Bodily Distress Syndromes (STreSS) may represent an additional promising option. Future research could include other medical and psychosocial variables to complete the picture of the relationship between sleep disorders and somatic symptoms.
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