TY  - JOUR
AU  - Nager, Ladina
AU  - Princip, Mary
AU  - Attanasio, Veronica
AU  - Dörner, Marc
AU  - Guth, Lisa
AU  - Zirngast, Sina
AU  - Sila, Rahel
AU  - Pazhenkottil, Aju P
AU  - Menzi, Anna
AU  - König, Noelle
AU  - Zuccarella-Hackl, Claudia
AU  - von Känel, Roland
TI  - Sleep is associated with posttraumatic stress symptom severity in patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator depending on age.
JO  - Scientific reports
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
SN  - 2045-2322
CY  - [London]
PB  - Springer Nature
M1  - DZNE-2026-00383
SP  - 11869
PY  - 2026
AB  - Patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are vulnerable to psychological distress, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Impaired sleep is a hallmark of PTSD, and may also act as a risk factor that maintains or exacerbates PTSD, yet this relationship has not been examined in ICD recipients across different ages. We assessed 422 patients with ICD or cardiac resynchronisation therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) who completed the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and post-traumatic diagnostic scale (PDS). 44.2
KW  - Humans
KW  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic: etiology
KW  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic: physiopathology
KW  - Defibrillators, Implantable: psychology
KW  - Defibrillators, Implantable: adverse effects
KW  - Male
KW  - Female
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Aged
KW  - Sleep Wake Disorders
KW  - Severity of Illness Index
KW  - Age Factors
KW  - Sleep: physiology
KW  - Adult
KW  - Risk Factors
KW  - Sleep Quality
KW  - Age (Other)
KW  - Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) (Other)
KW  - Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) (Other)
KW  - Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Other)
KW  - Sleep (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:41776314
C2  - pmc:PMC13066363
DO  - DOI:10.1038/s41598-026-42430-1
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/286087
ER  -