Improved Sleep Quality and Quantity Through Sleep Hygiene Education In Adults
Abstract
Sleep is a basic life necessity that rarely gets the attention it deserves. Most Americans do not
get the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep each night and are not aware of the
consequences it is having on overall health. The purpose of this project is to improve patient
reported sleep quality and/or quantity through sleep hygiene education in a southwest Missouri
family practice clinic. The project was a single group pretest posttest quasi-experimental design.
Nineteen patients met all inclusion criteria and consented to participate in the sleep hygiene
project. Participants completed the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index and the scores of sixteen
patients indicated poor sleep quality and/or quantity. These sixteen participants received the
education intervention and were given one month to implement changes to improve their sleep
hygiene. After one month ten participants returned the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index posttest.
Seven participants indicated improved sleep quantity and nine participants indicated improved
sleep quality. This supports the use of sleep hygiene education in the family practice clinic to
improve patient reported sleep quality and sleep quantity. This could lead to long-term
improvements in overall health and safety of the community.
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