Abstract Introduction: Many factors influence patients` sleep
and recognizing them can help care givers to provide good care.
The aim of this
study was to compare view of physicians, nurses and patients in regard to factors relating
to sleep disorders in patients. Materials and Methods:
This descriptive-comparative
study was conducted on
530 patients in medical surgical wards, nurses and physicians of those wards in Kerman Medical University
Hospitals. Sampling was done on two stages of quota and consecutive. Data was
gathered by “Related Factors of Patients' Sleep” questionnaire with 58 questions about
environmental factors, individual-physical, individual-psychological, caring
and behaviors before sleep was
used. Content validity 0.96, Cronbach alpha
0.86 for
questionnaire was confirmed. Data were analyzed by using SPSS/18
software, descriptive statistics, (frequency, mean, SD), independent T- test
and ANOVA. Findings: Factors
influencing sleep health in view of physicians, nurses and patients were not
significant. The most prevalent environmental factor was reported as sleeping
on hospital beds and changing the bed, pain as a physical factor, being worry
about family and separation from them were as mental problems. The most
prevalent habit before sleeping was, talking to others and the major sleep distraction
for patients, was waking them up for routine nursing cares. Conclusion: Patients
hospitalized in medical and surgical wards don’t have good sleep due to several
reasons. Nurses can help to improve patients sleep by solving some of these
problems .They can arrange a quiet environment, and try to relive some of
the physical concerns. In addition they can decrease patients'
anxiety by communicating and talking with them. This provides a
healthy sleep which ultimately leads to mental and physical health of
the patients. |