Sleep quality in hospitalized patients.
OBJECTIVE
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.


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.
Dogan
Orhan
O
Director of Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey. odogan@cumhuriyet.edu.trm
Ertekin
Sükran
S
Dogan
Selma
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology