Abstract
Background: It is well known that patients with chronic respiratory diseases struggle in most activities, while they are sleeping, and in their daily life. While, these diseases cannot be cured, they can be managed, for example through pulmonary rehabilitation. Patients with chronic respiratory diseases suffer from sleep disturbance, but their sleep quality is still unclear. Therefore, this study aims to assess the quality of sleep among patients who attend pulmonary rehabilitation department in King Abdulaziz Medical City.
Methods: The study design was a descriptive, prospective, case series. Sample size was based on the medical files from 21 patients referred to pulmonary rehabilitation department between September 2019 to November 2019 were reviewed. Only 9 patients answered a sleep quality questionnaire (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI]), and the Borg dyspnea scale.
Results: In this initial analysis which included 9 female and male patients, all of whom responded to the questionnaire, with known underlying respiratory diseases who were enrolled in pulmonary rehabilitation. The finding suggested that the median age of the sample was 73 y (IQR 58–79 y). Additionally, we categorized the subjects according to their underlying respiratory disease, out of the 9 patients who answered the questionnaire. Therefore, participants who scored <5 were categorized as having good sleep quality. All participants scored above 5, which indicate overall poor sleep quality. Also, among all the enrolled patients, the score of the sleep quality was >13 for 3 of them, 2 of whom had interstitial lung disease.
Conclusions: In conclusion, this study emphasizes that most patients who suffer from pulmonary diseases have a poor quality of sleep.
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