title: Sleep and Quality of Life in People With COPD: A Descriptive-Correlational Study.
abstract: Sleep disorders are very common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is not clear how sleep disorders and quality of life (QoL) affect each other in the different stages of disease progression. This descriptive-correlational study investigated the relationship between QoL, quality of sleep, and degree of disease progression in 102 outpatients with COPD. The results showed that the QoL in patients with COPD is compromised and worsens with disease progression, and the quality of sleep is significantly associated with QoL and worsened as the disease progressed. The early identification of a risk of alteration of the quality of sleep, especially in nursing care, could facilitate a preventive approach for COPD patients that could positively affect their QoL.
authors.affiliation: University of L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dignani
authors.affiliation: University of L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toccaceli
authors.affiliation: University of L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lucertini
authors.affiliation: University of L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petrucci
authors.affiliation: University of L'Aquila, Italy loreto.lancia@cc.univaq.it.
authors.forename: Loreto
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lancia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; forced expiratory volume; nursing; quality of life; sleep