QUALITY OF SLEEP AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS.

OBJECTIVE To assess quality of sleep and associated health issues in psychiatric patients. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional design. PLACE AND DURATION OF THE STUDY The study was conducted in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, D.H.Q Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan over the period of six months. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Through purposive consecutive sampling, 108 psychiatric patients participated in the study. Data were collected on Demographic variable Performa and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. RESULTS Results demonstrated that more than half of the sample was females and married. One sample t-test confirmed thai majority of sample had poor quality of sleep (M = 11.57, SD = 4.14), t (107) = 13.89, p - 0.00. Further Analysis of Variance showed that psychiatric patients with lung disease and obesity had poor quality of sleep, similarly negative correlation was found between pain andquality of sleep. CONCLUSION Research findings concluded that most of the psychiatric patients were females suffering from different types of physical health issues and had poor quality of sleep. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]