Two patients with narcolepsy treated by hypnotic psychotherapy

摘要

In the article by Sahlin et al. [1] recently published in Sleep Medicine the authors aimed to investigate whether the sleep processes in women were affected by age, obesity, sleep apnea, smoking, alcohol dependency and hypertension. Results showed that sleep pattern was influenced by age, BMI, obstructive sleep apnea, smoking, alcohol dependency and hypertension, independent of each other. An independent association with hypertension and short sleep time was observed. Authors added that one of the limitations of the study was that they were unable to determine whether these changes were due to hypertension or anti-hypertensive medication. We would like to present our findings from two previous studies in this area to clarify this issue.