Sleep of patients with pruritus deteriorate
due to the symptoms of pruritus. In this
study, it was aimed to assess the sleep quality of dermatology patients with
complaints of pruritus. This case-control study was conducted between August
2017 and December 2017. The study population consisted of 100 patients with
pruritus and 100 patients without pruritus who presented to the dermatology
outpatient clinic of Private Salihli Hospital, a private hospital in Manisa, a
province in Turkey. The study data were collected the ”Sociodemographic
Characteristics Questionnaire”, “Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)” and
“Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)”. The SPSS 15 was used for the analysis of the
data. The mean age of the participants was 37.16 ± 14.33. While of the
participants in the experimental group, 69% were female and 49% were married,
of the participants in the control group, 81% were female and 54% were married.
Of the participants, 75.0% in the experimental group and 57% in the control
group had poor sleep quality. It was determined that sleep quality was
significantly lower in the experimental group than that in the control group.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 7 Ekim 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Cilt: 13 Sayı: 4 |