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Sleep quality in hospitalized patients
Author(s) -
Doǧan Orhan,
Ertekin Şükran,
Doǧan Selma
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01011.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pittsburgh sleep quality index , sleep disorder , test (biology) , physical therapy , sleep (system call) , rehabilitation , sleep medicine , intervention (counseling) , statistical significance , sleep quality , psychiatry , insomnia , paleontology , biology , computer science , operating system
Aims and objectives. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare sleep quality of the hospitalized patients and matched healthy controls. Background. Although the functions of sleep are not clearly understood, it is generally accepted that it is necessary for the maintenance of good health. Hospitalized patients’ sleep may not be refreshing or restorative. The reasons for this can be categorized into three groups: environmental, physiological and psychological. Design and methods. This research was conducted at the Cumhuriyet University Hospital in Turkey. One hundred and fifty hospitalized patients (psychiatry = 50; orthopaedic + general surgery + cardiovascular surgery + urology = 50; internal medicine + chest diseases + infectious diseases + physical therapy and rehabilitation = 50) and 50 healthy controls constituted the sample. The researchers administered to the patient and control groups Sociodemographic Information Form and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. We compared sociodemographic and illness variables with sleep characteristics. The following statistical analyses were used in order to evaluate the data: variance analysis, Tukey HSD test, Student's t ‐test, Kruskall–Wallis test. Results. We found that patients in psychiatric ward experienced worse sleep quality than the other patients, worse in female patients than male patients, and worse sleep characteristics in patients than controls. Conclusions. Health professionals must be educated about sleep and must provide intervention when needed. Relevance to clinical practice. The enhancing of sleep quality accelerates to the recovery from illness.