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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF SLEEP DISTURBANCES IN PATIENTS WITH END‐STAGE RENAL DISEASE UNDERGOING HAEMODIALYSIS
Author(s) -
Barbieri Ilaria,
Zampieron Alessandra
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
edtna‐erca journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1019-083X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2004.tb00370.x
Subject(s) - medicine , end stage renal disease , incidence (geometry) , dialysis , sleep disorder , disease , sleep (system call) , hemodialysis , physical therapy , pediatrics , insomnia , psychiatry , physics , computer science , optics , operating system
SUMMARY Many studies reveal the presence of sleep disturbances in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing haemodialysis. The objective of this study was to identify the incidence of sleep disturbances in a sample of 112 patients, being treated by a dialysis centre. Patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria, were interviewed by means of a questionnaire. The average age was 63.97, 79 male (70.5%) and 33 female (29.4%). The principal pathology underlying subjects' ESRD was hypertension (27.6%) and cardiovascular pathologies were the accompanying pathologies most suffered (75.8%). Sleep disturbances were noted in 54 patients (48.2%). These findings confirm the results of the literature, but less daytime sleepiness and nighttime waking occurred with this study group.