title: Factors affecting the sleep status of surgical and medical patients at a University Hospital of Turkey.
abstract: To determine the factors that affect sleep status of surgical and medical patients during hospitalisation.
  
  
  
  This hospital-based, cross-sectional study was conducted at Karadeniz Technical University's Farabi Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey, from July to October 2014. Data was gathered using a questionnaire and the Form of Factors Affecting Sleep Pattern. SPSS 15 was used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  
  Of the 184 participants, there were 92(50%) each from the surgery and medical clinics. The mean score for the Form of Factors Affecting Sleep Pattern was 84.57±8.65 among the surgical patients and 78.01±17.61 among the medical patients. It was found that noise at the hospital affected sleep patterns among 73(79.3%) of the surgical patients and among 64(69.6%) of the medical patients. There were statistically significant differences between mean scores of the surgical patients and gender and marital status (p=0.001 and p=0.012, respectively), whereas among the medical patients statistically significant differences existed between mean scores and having operation (p=0.09).
  
  
  
  Both groups of patients underwent changes in sleep routines during hospitalisation.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Faculty, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cilingir
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Faculty, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevilay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hintistan
authors.affiliation: Farabi Hospital, Neurology Clinic, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ergene
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Medical patients, Nursing, Sleep, Surgical patients, The factors affecting sleep pattern. 