Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy Based Sleep Intervention on Sleep Quality and Its Impact on Quality of Life in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Abstract

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disease which has motor as well as non-motor symptoms. Most of the times non-motor symptoms are neglected in traditional management by the healthcare professionals. But these symptoms add up to the suffering of the person. Sleep disturbances are one of the commonest non-motor symptoms seen in Parkinson’s disease. These symptoms affect daily life of an individual. Thus, Occupational therapy management is essential in improving sleep quality along with management of other symptoms. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy based sleep intervention in improving sleep quality in Parkinson’s disease. Also, this study aimed at evaluating its impact on quality of life. The study included 37 patients. The intervention program of four weeks was provided to all which was tailored made as per patients’ evaluation. The results showed statistically significant result in Pittsburgh sleep quality index and WHO Quality of Life BREF scale. This study highlighted the need for customized sleep program and demonstrated the effectiveness of occupational therapy based sleep intervention. Keywords: sleep, sleep quality, occupational therapy, Parkinson’s disease, neurorehabilitation, quality of life.