Volume 16, Issue 1 (April 2018)                   Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2018, 16(1): 30-37 | Back to browse issues page

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1- hamadan university medical sciences
2- Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran (Corresponding Author) , hiva.nursing@gmail.com
3- kurdistan university medical sciences
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Background & Aims: most patients suffering from kidney failure who undergo dialysis for a long time have compliant of sleep disorder. Sleep disorders in these patients accompany some serious complications that reduces quality of life and increase mortality. Improving the adequacy of dialysis is the main factor for reducing complications and mortality in these patients. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between dialysis adequacy and sleep quality in hemodialysis patients. Material & Methods: The current correlational_analytical study was performed with a total 102 patients who had applied to dialysis center (Tohid hospital, Sanandaj) for hemodialysis treament between June and septamber 2017. The data collection form consists of socio_demographic and medical charachteristics. Pitsburg sleep questionnare was used to examine sleep quality in the research. Results: Results showed that the mean of sleep quality and KT/V value was 8(3.93) and 1.23(0.24) respectivly. The Pitsburg scores that evaluted according to sleep quality, 67.36% of patients had poor sleep quality and 32.64% had good quality sleep. There were no significant diffrences between sleep quality and KT/V value (p=0.06). Conclusion: In this study, there is no statistically significant relationship between dialysis adequacy and sleep quality. However, it was found that the majority of haemodialysis patients had poor sleep quality.  
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