Assessing Stigma Towards Chronic Insomnia: The Role of Health Status and Life Quality

Background The objective of this study was to explore the stigma and related influencing factors in patients with chronic insomnia disorder (CID). Methods A total of 70 CID patients and 70 healthy controls (CON) were enrolled in the study. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the 17-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-17) were used to assess sleep quality and depressive symptoms, respectively. The Chinese-Beijing version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale (MoCA-C) was used to assess cognitive function. Stigma and life quality were measured using the Chronic Stigma Scale and the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). Results The ratio of individuals with stigma was significantly different between CID and CON groups (C2 = 35.6, p p p p p p p p p p p p = 0.001), emotional role (U = 1451.5, p p p