Impact of spiritual and religious activity on quality of sleep in hemodialysis patients.
BACKGROUND
Sleep disorders are common in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study examined the relationship between quality of sleep (QoS) and religious/spiritual activity in HD patients.


METHODS
The study subjects were 861 HD patients from 14 dialysis clinics in Taiwan. QoS and religious/spiritual activity were evaluated by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire and the Royal Free Questionnaire respectively.


RESULTS
There was no difference in clinical parameters between the good and poor sleepers. Although total scores of religious and spiritual activity did not correlate with global PSQI score, patients who held strong 'spiritual' beliefs reported more problems in 'sleep disturbances', while those who exercised religious beliefs more strongly reported less trouble in 'daytime dysfunction'.


CONCLUSIONS
There is no significant correlation between QoS and religious/spiritual activity globally. However, the spiritual and religious activity did associate with different components of QoS.
Yang
Ju-Yeh
JY
Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Panchiao, Taiwan.
Huang
Jenq-Wen
JW
Kao
Tze-Wah
TW
Peng
Yu-Sen
YS
Lu
Chia-Sheng
CS
Chen
Da-Lung
DL
Yang
Chwei-Shiun
CS
Yang
Chih-Ching
CC
Tsai
Dong-Ming
DM
Liao
Cheng-Shiung
CS
Chang
Hong-Wei
HW
Wu
Wen-Chung
WC
Wu
Ming-Shiou
MS
Wu
Kwan-Dun
KD
Chang
Chee-Jen
CJ
Tsai
Tun-Jun
TJ
Chen
Wan-Yu
WY
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D020920:Dyssomnias / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012067:Religion; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology