Back to Search Start Over

Effects of sleep disorders and sedative–hypnotic medications on health-related quality of life in dialysis patients

Effects of sleep disorders and sedative–hypnotic medications on health-related quality of life in dialysis patients

Authors :
Rongrong Shao
Chenfei Zheng
Chaosheng Chen
Yi Liu
Ying Zhou
Jinglin Xu
Fan Lin
Ze Lin
Source :
International Urology and Nephrology. 51:163-174
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.

Abstract

Sleep disorders are very common among dialysis patients, leading patients to frequently take sedative–hypnotic medications; however, the effects of sleep disorders and the use of such drugs on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) have rarely been investigated. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Short Form-12 were used to assess sleep quality and patient health situations, respectively. Logistic regression was employed to identify factors associated with deterioration of the mental component summary (MCS) score and the physical component summary (PCS) score. A total of 461 patients undergoing dialysis were recruited. The prevalence of sleep disorders was 67.0%. Among the study population, 30.4% of patients took sedative–hypnotic medications to improve their sleep quality. Both the PCS (81.25 vs. 71.88, p

Details

ISSN :
15732584 and 03011623
Volume :
51
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
International Urology and Nephrology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8d44bfe52e1214f79efa8d1359db4b8b
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-018-2018-3