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Published in: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports 11/2022

Open Access 03-10-2022 | Insomnia | Stroke (B. Ovbiagele, Section Editor)

Sleep and Stroke: Opening Our Eyes to Current Knowledge of a Key Relationship

Authors: Valerio Brunetti, Eleonora Rollo, Aldobrando Broccolini, Giovanni Frisullo, Irene Scala, Giacomo Della Marca

Published in: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports | Issue 11/2022

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

To elucidate the interconnection between sleep and stroke.

Recent Findings

Growing data support a bidirectional relationship between stroke and sleep. In particular, there is strong evidence that sleep-disordered breathing plays a pivotal role as risk factor and concur to worsening functional outcome. Conversely, for others sleep disorders (e.g., insomnia, restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movements of sleep, REM sleep behavior disorder), the evidence is weak. Moreover, sleep disturbances are highly prevalent also in chronic stroke and concur to worsening quality of life of patients.
Promising novel technologies will probably allow, in a near future, to guarantee a screening of commonest sleep disturbances in a larger proportion of patients with stroke.

Summary

Sleep assessment and management should enter in the routinary evaluation of stroke patients, of both acute and chronic phase. Future research should focus on the efficacy of specific sleep intervention as a therapeutic option for stroke patients.
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Metadata
Title
Sleep and Stroke: Opening Our Eyes to Current Knowledge of a Key Relationship
Authors
Valerio Brunetti
Eleonora Rollo
Aldobrando Broccolini
Giovanni Frisullo
Irene Scala
Giacomo Della Marca
Publication date
03-10-2022
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports / Issue 11/2022
Print ISSN: 1528-4042
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6293
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-022-01234-2

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