TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep deprivation and its associated factors among general ward patients at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan
AU - Shafiq, Majid
AU - Salahuddin, Farah F.
AU - Siddiqi, Maham
AU - Shah, Zaman
AU - Ali, Rehmat
AU - Siwani, Rizwan A.
AU - Saleem, Ayesha
AU - Shaikh, Kashif Shakoor
AU - Khuwaja, Ali Khan
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - Objective: To estimate the occurrence rate of sleep deprivation and to identify the environmental, staff-related and patient-related factors associated with SD among general ward patients of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, a pre-tested questionnaire was administered to 108 patients admitted into the general medical and general surgical wards of Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. Results: In all, 50 (46.3%) respondents felt deprived of adequate sleep in the hospital. Worry about illness disturbed the night-time sleep of 47 (43.5%) patients; most of these had SD (70%) (p<0.001). Other patients' noise disturbed 31.5% of study subjects and a significant majority (68%) of these had SD (p=0.003). Over 17% of study subjects reported cell phone's ringing as a disturbing factor; more by those with SD (68%) compared to those with no SD (32%); again the difference was significant (p=0.003). Physical discomfort and presence of cannula were reported as disturbing factors by 41.7% and 28.7% of the study subjects respectively but these were not significantly associated with SD. Conclusion: Our study revealed that sleep deprivation occurs commonly among general ward patients in tertiary care setting. Factors found to be associated with SD were amenable to modification to a greater extent.
AB - Objective: To estimate the occurrence rate of sleep deprivation and to identify the environmental, staff-related and patient-related factors associated with SD among general ward patients of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, a pre-tested questionnaire was administered to 108 patients admitted into the general medical and general surgical wards of Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. Results: In all, 50 (46.3%) respondents felt deprived of adequate sleep in the hospital. Worry about illness disturbed the night-time sleep of 47 (43.5%) patients; most of these had SD (70%) (p<0.001). Other patients' noise disturbed 31.5% of study subjects and a significant majority (68%) of these had SD (p=0.003). Over 17% of study subjects reported cell phone's ringing as a disturbing factor; more by those with SD (68%) compared to those with no SD (32%); again the difference was significant (p=0.003). Physical discomfort and presence of cannula were reported as disturbing factors by 41.7% and 28.7% of the study subjects respectively but these were not significantly associated with SD. Conclusion: Our study revealed that sleep deprivation occurs commonly among general ward patients in tertiary care setting. Factors found to be associated with SD were amenable to modification to a greater extent.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 17312658
AN - SCOPUS:34247122249
SN - 0030-9982
VL - 56
SP - 614
EP - 617
JO - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
JF - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
IS - 12
ER -