Factors Affecting Sleep-Quality for Patients in Medical and Surgical Departments

Abstract

Abstract: Sleep health essential behaviour, sleep is a multidimensional, bio behavioural process that is essential to human health and function. Many factors that disturb Sleep among hospitalized patients negatively influence the quality of life. The objective; of the study was assessment factors affecting sleep-quality for patients in medical and surgical departments. Design; A descriptive design was applied in the current study. Setting; the study was conducted at the Medical and Surgical Departments at Ain Shams University Hospitals and El-Demerdash Hospital. Participants; A purposive sample of 212 patients was included. Methods; Three tools were used for data collection; Structured Interview Questionnaire, Assessment Questionnaire for Factors affecting Sleep quality and Sleep-Quality Questionnaire. Results of the study showed that there were highly statistically significant correlation between the sleep-quality for studied patients and department, classification of department, hospital length of stay and hospital room and a highly statistically significant positive correlation between the sleep-quality of studied patients and health & illness factors, environmental factors, and emotional factors. There was a statistically significant correlation between the sleep-quality for studied patients with age and gender.