A patient diagnosed with depression tells a nurse, "I don't feel rested. It's as though I didn't sleep at all.". Comments by night shift staff show that the patient slept through most of the night
How can these two observations be reconciled? a. The patient is considered the more accurate reporter.
b. The staff observations are more objective than the patient's statement.
c. Studies show that people with depression have disturbed sleep cycles that can result in sleep deprivation.
d. People with depression characteristically underreport sleep satisfaction because of cognition flaws.
C
Studies show that with depression, REM sleep is excessive, the deeper stages of sleep are decreased, and dreams may be unusually intense, leading to patient reports of fatigue, poor concentration, and irritability associated with sleep deprivation.
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