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ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2023

Resilience and its correlates in patients with narcolepsy type 1.

Alessandra D'Alterio, Marco Menchetti, Corrado Zenesini, Andrea Rossetti, Luca Vignatelli, Christian Franceschini, Giorgia Varallo, Fabio Pizza, Giuseppe Plazzi, Francesca Ingravallo

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Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effort/reward imbalance and comorbidities burden in academic and professional careers of patients with narcolepsy type 1.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025
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  2. What is it like to live with narcolepsy? A scoping review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandra D'AlterioDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Marco MenchettiDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Corrado ZenesiniIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (ISNB), Bologna, Italy.
Andrea RossettiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Luca VignatelliIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (ISNB), Bologna, Italy.
Christian FranceschiniDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Giorgia VaralloDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Fabio PizzaDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Giuseppe PlazziIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (ISNB), Bologna, Italy.
Francesca IngravalloDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
University of Bologna · ITIstituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna · ITUniversity of Parma · ITUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

objectivesThis study aimed to explore resilience and its possible association with sociodemographic and clinical features in patients with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1).

methodsThis was a cross-sectional study involving patients with NT1 and age-/sex-matched controls (comparison group). Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected through semistructured interviews and validated questionnaires, including the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)-State Anxiety, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), 36-item Short Form Survey (SF-36), and the Resilience Scale (RS). Different statistical approaches were used to investigate the relationship between resilience and NT1 and associations with sociodemographic and clinical features.

resultsThe participants comprised 137 patients (mean age, 38.0 years; 52.6% female) and 149 controls (39.6 years; 55.7% female). Compared with controls, patients had a significantly lower (122.6 vs 135.5) mean RS score and a 2-fold risk of having low/mild-range resilience (adjusted odds ratio = 1.99, 95% confidence interval 1.13-3.52). Patients with high resilience had sociodemographic and narcolepsy characteristics similar to patients with low resilience, but they reported anxiety and depressive symptomatology less frequently (4.2% vs 55.8% and 58.3%, respectively), and their SF-36 scores were comparable to those of the comparison group. In patients, RS score was strongly associated with STAI-State Anxiety and BDI (rho = -0.57 and -0.56, respectively) and weakly with ESS (rho = -20) scores.

conclusionsThe results of this study suggest that resilience may play a key role in patients' adaptation to NT1. Furthermore, this study supports interventions aimed at increasing patients' resilience and provides a base for further studies, preferably longitudinal and including objective measures, directed toward understanding the relationship between resilience, depression, and quality of life in patients with narcolepsy. CITATION: D'Alterio A, Menchetti M, Zenesini C, et al. Resilience and its correlates in patients with narcolepsy type 1.

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NarcolepsyQuality of LifeAdultAnxietyCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and Questionnairesadaptationanxietycataplexydepressionnarcolepsyquality of liferesiliencesleepiness

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PMCPMC10071382
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