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ArticleRespiratory research2023

Insomnia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associations with healthcare utilization and costs.

Faith S Luyster, Monique Y Boudreaux-Kelly, Jessica M Bon

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Article in Respiratory research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Mineralocorticoid Receptor and Sleep Quality in Chronic Kidney Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Faith S LuysterSchool of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Victoria St, 415 Victoria Building, Pittsburgh, PA, 15241, USA. fsl3@pitt.edu.
Monique Y Boudreaux-KellyVA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jessica M BonVA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 4 Competitive Career Development Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insomnia has been linked to adverse chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) outcomes including exacerbations, yet its impact on COPD-related healthcare utilization and costs is unknown. In this study, we investigated the associations between insomnia and healthcare utilization and costs in patients with COPD. A retrospective cohort of veterans with COPD were identified from national Veterans Affairs administration data for fiscal years 2012-2017. Insomnia was operationalized as having an insomnia diagnosis based on International Classification of Disease codes or having a prescription of > 30 doses of a sedative-hypnotic medication in a given fiscal year. The index date for insomnia was the first date when dual criteria for COPD and insomnia was met. The index date for those without insomnia was set as the COPD index date. Our primary outcomes were 1-year healthcare utilization and costs related to outpatient visits and hospitalizations after index date. COPD-related healthcare utilization variables included number of prescription fills of corticosteroids and/or antibiotics and outpatient visits and hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COPD. Out of 1,011,646 patients (96% men, mean age 68.4 years) diagnosed with COPD, 407,363 (38.8%) had insomnia. After adjustment for confounders, insomnia was associated with higher rates of outpatient visits, hospitalizations, and fills for corticosteroids and/or antibiotics, longer hospital length of stay, and $10,344 higher hospitalization costs in the 12 months after index date. These findings highlight the importance of insomnia as a potentially modifiable target for reducing the burden of COPD on patients and healthcare systems.

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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersAdrenal Cortex HormonesAgedDelivery of Health CareFemaleHumansMalePatient Acceptance of Health CareRetrospective StudiesAdrenal Cortex HormonesChronic ObstructivePulmonary DiseaseSleep initiation and maintenance Disorders

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PMID36964552
PMCPMC10039604
OpenAlexW4360819963

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