Improved Sleep Quality and Quantity Through Sleep Hygiene Education In Adults
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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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