Calidad del sueño en pacientes con tratamiento de hemodiálisis en un hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil, año 2019.

Abstract

One of the main needs of the human being is to sleep, but as age advances, the duration of sleep decreases and if we associate it with any pathology, its quality worsens, therefore, this study aims objetive to determine the quality of sleep in patients with hemodialysis treatment, in a hospital in the city of Guayaquil, 2019. Study type: descriptive level, quantitative approach, cross-sectional and prospective design. With a population of 100 patients receiving hemodialysis treatment; As an instrument we have the indirect observation guide and the Pittsburgh index questionnaire where it is shown that patients with hemodialysis treatment present factors that affect the quality of sleep. Measuring these parameters we had as results that among the demographic characteristics of these patients, the age that most prevails is in the range of 61 years or more (60%); male sex (61%), mestizo ethnic group (78%) urban origin (77%), secondary level (56%), among the personal pathological history is Hypertension (71%), and in family pathological history we find diabetes (64%), restless leg syndrome (63%); obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (73%); excessive daytime sleepiness (66%); other sleep and wake disorders (78%), acute insomnia (68%). In conclusion, patients who receive hemodialysis treatment usually have poor quality of sleep; who in turn do not consider this as a problem, for which it is not properly treated, thus being necessary to improve the detection and specialized treatment of sleep disturbances.