The factors affecting sleep quality in Type 2 diabetes patients

Abstract

Objective: Research was planned with the aim of determining the sleep quality of individuals with type 2 diabetes and the factors affecting this.

Design: Descriptive and cross-sectional study

Setting: Endocrinology Department of the Internal Medicine Section of Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital, Manisa Celal Bayar University Hafsa Sultan Hospital, and Balikesir University Medical Faculty Hospital

Subjects: The research was conducted between May 2014 and February 2015 on 366 individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Intervention: Non-interventional

Main outcome measure: The sleep quality of individuals with type 2 diabetes and the factors affecting this

Results: The total Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores of individuals who had had diabetes for 1 - 4 years and 5 - 9 years were found to be significantly higher than the scores of those who had had diabetes for less than one year or more than ten years (f = 10.85, p = 0.000). The total PSQI scores of individuals using oral anti diabetic (OAD) and insulin diabetes treatment were significantly higher than the scores of patients receiving only diet treatment or OAD + insulin (f = 3.03, p = 0.029). A significant relationship was found between the HbA1c of the individuals in the study with type 2 diabetes and their total PSQI scores (p < 0.01).

Conclusion: It can be said that such socio-demographic characteristics as age, gender, income, duration of diabetes and diabetes treatment, and metabolic values such as the glycated haemoglobin (Hemoglobin A1c-HbA1c), fasting blood glucose and body mass index negatively affect sleep quality.