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ArticleSleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society2024

Bidirectional links between sleep and pain among heavy-drinking veterans with insomnia.

Eunjin Lee Tracy, Christine J So, Sydney D Shoemaker, Jill A Kanaley, Timothy Trull, Camila Manrique-Acevedo, Christina S McCrae, Brian Borsari, Mary Beth Miller

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Eunjin Lee TracyDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8610-1464
Christine J SoDepartment of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Sydney D ShoemakerDepartment of Psychological Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Jill A KanaleyDepartment of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Timothy TrullDepartment of Psychological Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Camila Manrique-AcevedoDepartment of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9341-404X
Christina S McCraeSchool of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Brian BorsariMental Health Service, San Francisco VA Heath Care System and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Mary Beth MillerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-1414

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Abstract

Study Objectives: Military veterans often suffer from chronic pain and sleep issues at a greater frequency than the general population, leading some to self-medicate with alcohol. While research shows a connection between sleep and pain, few studies have examined bidirectional links between sleep and pain at the daily level-or the extent to which alcohol use may moderate these associations. Methods: Heavy-drinking veterans seeking treatment for insomnia ( Results: Individuals with longer sleep duration, better sleep quality, and higher sleep efficiency (SE) reported lower pain levels compared to those with shorter sleep, poorer sleep quality, and lower SE ( Conclusions: Sleep quality is associated with the daily experience of pain among heavy-drinking veterans with insomnia. Daily variations in sleep quality significantly impact pain, irrespective of alcohol consumption, highlighting a predominantly unidirectional influence from sleep to pain. These findings underscore the importance of optimizing sleep to mitigate pain in this population.

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alcoholmilitary veteransmultilevel modelingpainsleep quality

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PMCPMC11664483

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