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24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S116–S348 S319
Sleep Disorders & Stress
EW579
Sleep quality in epileptic children
M. Abouzed ∗, S. Kinawy
1 Al-azhar Faculty of Medicine, Psychiatry, Cairo, Egypt
2 Aswan University, Pulmonology Department, Aswan, Egypt
∗ Corresponding author.
Sleep problems frequently coexist in epileptic patient. The effect
of them on each the other has been extensively evaluated. Little
review exists on the reciprocal interaction of sleep problems and
epilepsy in the children.
Aim of study To evaluate prevalence, pattern and risk factors of
sleep problems in epileptic children.
Method Eighty-two epileptic children and 40 healthy controlled
childrenwere evaluated using children’s sleep habits questionnaire
– Arabic form and night polysomnography (2 consecutive nights).
Result Prevalence of sleep problem in epileptic children was 45%
and 17% of normal control children with significant difference in
sleep latency, total sleep time and number of awaking per night
with significant prevalence with partial epilepsy, poly therapy and
poor controlled epilepsy.
Conclusion Sleep problems are common in epileptic children
with close relation to partial epilepsy, number of anti epileptic and
poor controlled epilepsy. This is important to deal with it in order
to better control of sleep problems in such patient.
Keywords Child psychiatry; Sleep disorders; Epilepsy
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW580
Correlates of sleep difficulties in
young adults: A gender comparison
A.P. Amaral ∗ . Soares . Pereira os Marques
J. Valente acedo
1 Institute Polytechnic of Coimbra and University of Coimbra,
Coimbra Health School and Department of Psychological Medicine,
Coimbra, Portugal
2 University of Coimbra- Faculty of Medicine, Department of
Psychological Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Sleep disturbance is one of themost common health
complaints among late adolescents and young adults. Women
report more sleep-related complaints than men (Krishnan and Col-
lop, 2006) and more anxiety or depressive symptoms (Voderholzer
et al., 2003). Higher levels of repetitive negative thinking appear
to be causally involved in the initiation/maintenance of emotional
problems (Ehring and Watkins, 2008).
Aims To analyze the sleep difficulties differences by gender and
its associations with stress, cognitive emotion regulation, persever-
ative thinking and negative affect.
Methods Five hundred and forty-nine students (80.1% females)
from two Universities filled in the PSS-10 (Cohen et al., 1983; Ama-
ral et al., 2014), CERQ (Garnefski et al., 2001; Castro et al., 2013), PTQ
(Ehring et al., 2011; Chaves et al., 2013) and POMS-58 (McNair et al.,
1971; Azevedo et al., 1991; Amaral et al., 2013). Three questions
were used to access difficulties of initiating sleep (DIS), maintaining
sleep (DMS) and early morning wakening (EMA).
Results Females reported more sleep difficulties (excluding DIS),
stress, perseverative thinking than males. Males reported higher
levels in self-blame and blaming-others dimensions. In female sam-
ple we found significant correlations between all sleep difficulties
and stress, perseverative thinking, emotional regulation (rumi-
nation, self-blame, catastrophizing) and negative affect. In male
sample only the difficulties of initiating sleep are correlated with
stress, perseverative thinking, self-blame and negative affect.
Conclusions There are no gender differences in frequency and
most of correlates of DIS. DMS and EMA were higher in females and
were related to perseverative thinking and emotional regulation
mechanisms in this sample.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW581
Epworth Sleepiness Scale results in
medical students. A preliminary study
M. Henry ∗, A.A. Perez-Morell , L. Huerga-Garcia ,
A.A. Henry-Gonzalez
1 University of La Laguna, Department of Internal Medicine-
Dermatology and Psychiatry, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain
2 University of La Laguna Medical School, Health Sciencies Campus,
Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain
3 Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Health Care Department of the
Canary Islands, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Sleep disorders, especially insomnia and excessive
daytime sleepiness, are common complaints. They are associated
with an increased prevalence of various somatic diseases and/or
psychiatric disorders as well as psychosocial problems. Previous
general population studies have estimated that the prevalence of
sleep disorders ranges between 15 and 42%.
Objectives and aim Studying sleepiness in younger medical stu-
dents, that is, in the carrier initial or lower grades.
Methods The Epworth Sleepiness Scale was administered to
a 135 (mean age 19.90 y.o.) (76% female/33% male) voluntary
agreeing sample of first cycle medical students in Tenerife dur-
ing 2014–2015. EES measures daytime sleepiness. The Statistical
Package for Social Science was applied.
Results and discussion 1. Age is about the same than that of a
Brazilian medical students sample (20.16). 2. Just over 50% (68 out
of 135) had daytime sleepiness, higher than the Brazilian’s and
much higher than that observed in an Australian medical students
sample. Curiously, 29 percent of our students with diurnal sleepi-
ness had reported a good quality sleep in the previous month. 3.
This figure (>50%) is really higher than the recorded proportion in
adult general population. 4. No intersex differences were noticed
(P > 0.05).
Conclusions Our study points out that complaints about sleepi-
ness are very common in younger medical students. The question
remains whether adjustment, personality traits, high tasks and
curricula burdens associated with fatigue may have a causal link
with sleepiness in a very demanding carrier. Moreover, we should
highlight that sleepiness, as a subjective variable, could be con-
founded with fatigue.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW582
Sleep disorders among adolescents in
Nigeria: The development of an
assessment instrument (Sleep
Disorders in Nigeria Questionnaire
[SDINQ])
D. Igbokwe ∗, B.A. Ola , A. Odebunmi , M.A. Gesinde , A. Alao ,
J. Agbu , R.J.E. Ndom , S.O. Adeusi , O.A. Adekeye ,
B.C.E. Agoha
1 Covenant University, Psychology, Ota, Nigeria