Sleep disorders are common and unrecognized complaint in the general population. Hospitalization seems to interfere with maintenance and quality of patients’ sleep leading to increased prevalence of sleep disturbance in inpatients. Limited research in this topic is done especially in Syria. This study aims to investigate sleep quality and affecting factors in inpatients at Al Mouwasat hospital.
Methods:
A cross sectional study conducted at Al Mouwasat University Hospital, which is the main hospital for patients from all Syrian areas during the crisis, between June 2015 and March 2016. 289 inpatients was randomly selected from surgical and internal wards. Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire (PSQI) was administered to assess their sleep patterns and risk factors, where numerous environmental factors related to hospitalization were analyzed to inspect their attribution to sleep disorders.
Results:
Patients’ hospitalization is accompanied with poor quality of sleep. 37.02% suffered from difficulty in initiating sleep. About half of the participants (49.13%) reported having difficulties in staying
