Post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology is associated with insomnia among women engaged in opioid use disorder treatment with buprenorphine

Hannah Stadtler; Susie Turkson; Michelle Eglovitch; Dace S Svikis; Gretchen Neigh; Caitlin E Martin

doi:10.1007/s00737-024-01487-5

Post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology is associated with insomnia among women engaged in opioid use disorder treatment with buprenorphine

Arch Womens Ment Health. 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1007/s00737-024-01487-5. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Hannah Stadtler¹, Susie Turkson¹, Michelle Eglovitch², Dace S Svikis², Gretchen Neigh¹, Caitlin E Martin^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
² Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
³ Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. Caitlin.martin@vcuhealth.org.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1101 East Marshall Street, 11th Floor, Room 11-027, Box #980034, 23298, Richmond, VA, USA. Caitlin.martin@vcuhealth.org.

PMID: 39085616
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-024-01487-5

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the association between the degree of PTSD symptomatology and severity of insomnia symptoms in a clinical sample of women receiving buprenorphine for OUD. PTSD symptomatology was assessed via the PCL-5, and insomnia symptoms were determined via the Insomnia Severity Index. Analyses indicated that more participants experiencing clinically significant PTSD symptomatology also reported insomnia symptoms than their counterparts. Future work should investigate how holistic care (e.g., trauma-informed approaches) that addresses the overlap between trauma and sleep disturbance could inform gender-specific OUD treatment strategies in the overdose crisis.

Keywords: Buprenorphine; Insomnia; PTSD; Trauma; Women.

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