0876 Individuals With Ptsd Whose Traumatic Experiences Occurred Within The Home Have Worse Sleep Outcomes

Abstract

Introduction: For most people, the concept of "home" is associated with feelings of safety, privacy, and control. However, this may not be the case for individuals who have been traumatized in their home. We hypothesized that among individuals with PTSD, mentioning words related to "home" in trauma narratives would be associated with worse sleep outcomes. Method(s): Sixty-three individuals (38 Females; Mage = 31.60, SDage=8.91) with a clinical diagnosis of PTSD were administered the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ), Insomnia Severity Scale (ISI), and Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for the DSM-5 (CAPS), and provided descriptions of lifetime traumatic events. Higher scores on the FOSQ denote better sleep outcomes. Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) 2015, a computerized text analysis tool, was used to quantify the percentage of references to "home" within each participant's narrative. Result(s): Out of the sixty-three participants, 28 participants referred to "home" several times in their narratives (M=3.94, SD=3.30). These individuals had significantly higher ISI scores (M=17.29, SD=5.18 t(62)=2.01, p