جامعة الكوت - University of kut - بحوث علي صالح حاتم

السنة	عنوان البحث	نشر البحث
2022	Sleep quality in elderly patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis at orthopedic outpatient clinic	International Journal of Health Sciences (IJ
Background Elderly patients have osteoarthritis pain who suffering from sleep latency, difficulty maintaining sleep, sleep fregmentation and early morning are all symptoms of poor sleep. Aim This study aims to assess sleep quality in elderly patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis. Study Design:: A descriptive research design was used for conducted this study. Setting The study was conducted at the orthopedic outpatient clinic of Fayoum General Hospital. Sample A purposive sample was used in this study and included 169 of elderly patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis (demographic characteristics, past and present medical history and patients' knowledge about osteoarthritis). Tool II: Two standardize tools; Part I-Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to assess sleep quality. Part II-The Visual Analog Pain Scale to assess pain severity. Results the presenting study showed that,(90.9%) of patients with osteoarthritis were found to have poor sleep quality, 80% had unsatisfactory knowledge, 92.9% of females were having poor sleep more than men. 60% of patients had severe pain (VAS> 7). 55.7% of patients had sleep latency, 59.2% had short sleep duration. Statistically significant relation between total knowledge, sleep quality and pain with p value (p= 0.001*). Conclusion The pain significantly disturbed sleep quality in most of patients and had sleep difficulties (early morning, sleep 6499 onset latency and sleep to short duration), had unsatisfactory knowledge about osteoarthritis. A statistically significant relation between total knowledge, sleep quality and pain. Recommendations The study recommended continuous Health educational program's should …