The quality and characteristics of sleep of hypertensive patients

• Main Authors: Juliét Silveira Hanus (Author), Graziela Amboni (Author), Maria Inês da Rosa (Author), Luciane Bisognin Ceretta (Author), Lisiane Tuon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SciELO, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1980-220X; 10.1590/S0080-623420150000400009
• Keywords: Hipertensión; Sueño; Síndromes de la Apnea del Sueño; Salud Pública; Evaluación en Salud; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Nursing; RT1-120; Mental healing; RZ400-408; Education (General); L7-991
• Source: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, Vol 49, Iss 4, Pp 0596-0602 (2015)

OBJECTIVEAnalyzing the quality of sleep of hypertensive patients registered in the national registration system and monitoring of hypertensive patients.METHODSA cross-sectional study of quantitative and descriptive analyses with 280 hypertensive patients registered in the National Program of Hypertension and Diabetes of the Federal Government in the months from August to October 2011. Questionnaires were used which allowed for tracking sociodemographic data on hypertension and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).RESULTSThe prevalence of poor sleep quality among respondents (156 hypertensive patients) and high rates of using medication for sleeping (106 hypertensive patients) was observed. Other relevant data refers to the quality of sleep among hypertensive patients using sleep medication compared to those who do not use it (p≤0.01).CONCLUSIONIndividuals with high blood pressure have a negative association with sleep quality.