Sleep quality in elderly patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis at orthopedic outpatient clinic

Abstract

Background: Elderly patients have osteoarthritis pain who suffering from sleep latency, difficulty maintaining sleep, sleep fregmentation and early morning are all symptoms of poor sleep. Aim: This study aims to assess sleep quality in elderly patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis. Study Design: : A descriptive research design was used for conducted this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the orthopedic outpatient clinic of Fayoum General Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample was used in this study and included 169 of elderly patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis (demographic characteristics, past and present medical history and patients’ knowledge about osteoarthritis). Tool II: Two standardize tools; Part I- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to assess sleep quality. Part II- The Visual Analog Pain Scale to assess pain severity. Results: the presenting study showed that, (90.9%) of patients with osteoarthritis were found to have poor sleep quality, 80% had unsatisfactory knowledge, 92.9% of females were having poor sleep more than men. 60 % of patients had severe pain (VAS > 7). 55.7% of patients had sleep latency, 59.2% had short sleep duration. Statistically significant relation between total knowledge, sleep quality and pain with p value (p=0.001*).