title: The relation between pain perceived by the patients hospitalized in the algology clinic and their sleep and quality of life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of perceived pain on quality of sleep and life in patients hospitalized in a pain clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population of the present descriptive study composed of patients (>18 years old) treated as inpatients in the algology clinic of a university located at the city center of Sivas, who consented to participate in the study (122 patients). Data were collected through Personal Information Form, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Short Form 36. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis test and Pearson correlation test. Statistical significance level was set at p<0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A moderate negative correlation was found between VAS and three dimensions of SF-36, namely Physical Functioning, Role-Physical and Role-Emotional. VAS was weakly and negatively correlated to Vitality and Mental Health. There was a good linear correlation between VAS and quality of life (QoL), pain score while there was a moderate linear correlation between VAS and the total sleep score. It was found that quality of life was not statistically significantly correlated to General Health and Social Functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a relationship between pain, sleep quality and quality of life. Quality of sleep and life was found to decrease as the level of pain increased, and quality of life was affected negatively when the quality of sleep was poor. Applications towards resolving pain would have a positive effect on the quality of sleep and life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Deontology and Ethics, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Health Sciences, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şükran
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Ertekin Pınar
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cevdet
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Düger
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Celal Bayar University Faculty of Health Sciences, Manisa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Saliha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altıparmak
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gürsoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Caner
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mimaroğlu
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey