Sleep Quality Index and Factors Influencing Sleep of Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

• DOI: 10.1007/s41782-021-00157-1
• Publication Date: 2021-08-06T09:05:27Z
• Authors: Shalini Singh; Shivangi Sharma; Santosh Bishnoi; Shivani Saini; Sharon Jose; Rakesh Sharma; Prasuna Jelly
• Keywords: Sleep; Cross-sectional study

The current study aims to assess the quality of sleep and identify factors that influence patients' quality of sleep during the hospital stay. A total of 338 hospitalised patients were selected from Medical units, Surgical units and Critical care units using a simple random sampling technique. Patients’ profile, structured questionnaire on factors affecting sleep and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to collect data on quality of sleep and factors influencing sleep quality. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of the present study showed that the mean scores of PSQI were 7.04 ± 3.57, and 259 patients (Medical-124/162, Surgical-117/149, Critical Units-18/27) had poor quality of sleep based on the PSQI scores (≥ 5). Factors, change in the environment, nearby patient sounds/conversation, care provided to nearby patients, television sound and pain, were significantly associated with quality of sleep (p < 0.05). The study concluded that sleep disruption is a common problem among hospitalised patients, especially those admitted to surgical units. Most of the patients’ sleep quality deteriorates due to change in the environment from home to hospital, which is the major environmental factor in sleep disruption. Other common factors affecting the sleep quality of patients are noise and pain.