Effect of sleep hygiene educational program on sleep quality among patients with depression | ||||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 13, Issue 50, March 2025, Page 95-108 PDF (901.99 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2025.348626.1979 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Sahar Elsayed Gaber Behilak1; Sara Abdallah Abdelgelil   2; Eslam Mohamed Ahmed Gado3
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| 1Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Depression and sleep are much related. A majority of people with depression have sleep disturbances. The study aimed to examine the effect of a sleep hygiene educational program on sleep quality among patients with depression. Setting: conduction of the study was at inpatient of Neuropsychiatric Department in Tanta University Hospital. Research design: This study used a quasi-experimental design with a single-group pre/posttest format. Subjects: A convenient sample of 50 patients with depression according to DSM-5 criteria was included in the study. Tools that used in the study were demographic and clinical characteristics Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Beck Depression Inventory. Results: There was a highly statistically significant positive correlation among the sleep quality index score and total depression score among the studied patients at pre intervention, immediately post-intervention, and 3 months post-program. The study concluded that sleep hygiene educational program improved sleep quality of patients with depression. Recommendations: utilizing sleep hygiene educational program for patients with depression should be considered as an essential part of rehabilitation plans. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Eepressed patients; Educational program; Sleep hygiene & Sleep quality | ||||
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