RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The evaluation of the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis with Epworth sleepiness scale and Pittsburg sleep quality index
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP P2647
VO 44
IS Suppl 58
A1 Tayfun Çaliskan
A1 Özden Sanan
A1 Tuncer Özkisa
A1 Hatice Kaya
A1 Tansel Kendirli
A1 Yasin Uyar
A1 Faruk Çiftçi
YR 2014
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P2647.abstract
AB Aim: We aimed to evaluate the presence of poor sleep quality and daytime sleepiness in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and to compare the changes after anti-tuberculosis treatment.Methods: This is a prospective survey study of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaires were used to assess the daytime sleepiness and sleep quality of patients before the treatment and after the treatment when sputum conversion was achieved.Results:A total of 49 patients with smear positive pulmonary were enrolled to the study. Mean age was 22.2 ±2.69 years, mean height was 174.9 ± 7.10, mean weight was 64.45 ± 10.20 and mean BMI was 21.07 ± 2.93. The PSQI scores for 42.9 % of patients were greater than five, indicating poor sleep quality.View this table:table 1The average PSQI scores were 4.53±2.76 before the treatment and decreased to an average of 3.31 ± 2.93 after the treatment (p=0,001).View this table:Table 2Also 12.2 % of the patients had ESS score greater than eleven, indicating excessive daytime sleepiness.The average of ESS was 6.47 ± 3.55 before the treatment and decreased to 6.08 ± 4.04 after treatment (p=0.47).Conclusions: According to PSQI questionnaire, 42.9 % of patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis had poor sleep quality and this was improved after tuberculosis treatment when the smear conversion was achieved.