Comparing view of physicians, nurses and patients in regard to related factors to sleep disorders of patients

Many factors influence patients` sleep and recognizing them can help care givers to provide good care. The aim of this study was to compare view of physicians, nurses and patients in regard to factors relating to sleep disorders in patients.

This descriptive-comparative study was conducted on 530 patients in medical surgical wards, nurses and physicians of those wards in Kerman Medical University Hospitals. Sampling was done on two stages of quota and consecutive. Data was gathered by “Related Factors of Patient's Sleep” questionnaire with 58 questions about environmental factors, individual-physical, individual-psychological, caring and behaviors before sleep was used. Content validity 0.96, Cronbach alpha 0.86 for questionnaire was confirmed. Data were analyzed by using SPSS/18 software, descriptive statistics, (frequency, mean, SD), independent T- test and ANOVA.

Factors influencing sleep health in view of physicians, nurses and patients were not significant. The most prevalent environmental factor was reported as sleeping on hospital beds and changing the bed, pain as a physical factor, being worry about family and separation from them were as mental problems. The most prevalent habit before sleeping was, talking to others and the major sleep distraction for patients, was waking them up for routine nursing cares.

Patients hospitalized in medical and surgical wards don’t have good sleep due to several reasons. Nurses can help to improve patients sleep by solving some of these problems. They can arrange a quiet environment, and try to relive some of the physical concerns. In addition they can decrease patient's anxiety by communicating and talking with them. This provides a healthy sleep which ultimately leads to mental and physical health of the patients