Abstract: Objective To explore the relationship of depression and sleep quality of patients with cerebral infarction and high-grade atherosclerotic internal carotid artery stenosis in acute seizure phase. Methods The patients targeted to the inclusion criteria were divided into non-depressive group (n=82) and depressive group (n=92) and the depressive group were divided into mild-depressive group (n=36) and moderate-depressive group (n=56) according to the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depressive (HAMD) score. Sleep quality was evaluated with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The correlation was investigated between PSQI and HAMD score. Results The scores in the dimensions of subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbance, use of sleep medication and day-time dysfunction as well as the PSQI overall score were higher in the depressive group than in the non-depressive group (P<0.01). The scores of subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep disturbance, day-time dysfunction and PSQI overall score were higher in the moderate-depressive group than in the mild-depressive group (P<0.05). In PSQI, the sleep disturbance and day-time dysfunction were correlated with all the dimensions in HAMD (P<0.01), the sleep latency and PSQI overall score were correlated with all the dimensions expect weight in HAMD (P<0.05). In HAMD, anxiety/somatization, cognitive disturbance and sleep disorder were correlated with all the dimensions in PSQI and PSQI overall score (P<0.05). Conclusion The depression condition is closely related to the sleep quality of patients with cerebral infarction and high-grade atherosclerotic internal carotid artery stenosis. The worse the depression, the worse the sleep quality.

Key words: cerebral infarction, internal carotid artery stenosis, depression, sleep disorder