The Effects of Sleep Hygiene and Deep Breathing Cough Exercise Training on The Quality of Sleep and Life in COPD Diagnosed Patients

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of sleep hygiene and deep breathing-coughing exercise training on the post-discharge quality of sleep and life in COPD diagnosed patients.
 Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in a group of 30 COPD patients as an intervention group and 30 patients in a control group. A Patient Information Form, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale (PSQI) and the Quality of Life (SF-36) Scale were administered before deep breathing-coughing exercise and sleep hygiene training were given to patients. In assessing the data, percentages, arithmetic means, chi-square and t-test were used.
 Results: 70% of the patients in the intervention group were male and their mean age was 64.56±11.37 years; in the control group, 66.67% were male, their mean age was 68.56±12.59 years. Patients in the intervention group had a PSQI pre-training average of 14.20±1.45 and a post-training average of 12.57±0.97; in the control group pre-training average of 15.00±1.89 and a post-training average of 14.80±1.13. The Quality of Life Scale pre-training average of the patients in the intervention group was 43.98±12.72, and their post-training average was 117.12±15.09; in the control group was 36.93±5.77 and their post-training average was 38.13±6.77. There was a statistically significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of total PSQI and the Quality of Life Scale in intervention group, but there was no such difference in the control group. 
 Conclusion: Sleep hygiene and deep breathing-coughing exercises training were found to be effective on sleep and quality of life.