TY - JOUR AU - Mahjabeen Yaseen, Shagufta Naqvi, Amna Saleem, Rida Nasreen, Rida Imran, Aysha Mahmood, PY - 2021/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Quality of Sleep and its associated risk factors among maintenance Hemodialysis patients in Pakistan. JF - Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College JA - JRMC VL - 25 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.37939/jrmc.v25i2.1382 UR - http://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/1382 SP - AB - <p><strong>ABSTRACT </strong></p><p><strong>Background:</strong> Chronic Kidney disease patients on maintenance hemodialysis have a poor and compromised life. Sleep quality and pattern is frequently impaired and leads to psychological&nbsp;&nbsp; and physical issues among them. The aim of this study is to determine the quality of sleep and its associated risk factors among maintenance hemodialysis patients.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong></p><p>This Observational cross sectional study was carried out at the Hemodialysis units of Al Mustafa Medical Institute and Alamgir International Welfare Trust from March to August 2019<strong>.</strong>A total of 156 patients above 18 years of age were recruited in the study. Data was collected regarding demographic characteristics (age, gender, education, marital status,&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;and employment), dialysis characteristics (duration, shift) renal disease characteristics (duration, etiology), smoking status, comorbidities like Cardiovascular Diseases, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Hepatitis B positive &nbsp;and &nbsp;Hepatitis C positive status. Sleep quality was assessed using Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and sleep quality score was calculated according to that. Those with a scores of &lt; 5 or 5 indicate good sleep quality, and scores of &gt;5 indicate poor sleep quality. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 25.0</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Total 156 patients undergoing hemodialysis completed the questionnaire. Majority of the participants (52.9%) were male while 47.1% were female. Out of 140 participants 89(57.1) had a poor quality of sleep while 67(42.9) had a good quality of sleep. A significant association was found between poor quality of sleep and increasing age, smoking and hepatitis B positive status (P&lt;0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Sleep quality is impaired in patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Associated risk factors were age, hepatitis B, smoking.</p><p><strong>Key words:</strong> Sleep Quality, maintenance hemodialysis, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -