Determination of sleep quality and fatigue level in patients with chest tube installed

This study was designed with a cross-sectional and descriptive design to determine the sleep quality and fatigue level in patients with chest tubes. The sample of the study consisted of 130 patients who were hospitalized in the chest service of Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine hospital in Konya and had a chest tube inserted between December 2022 and March 2023. In the study, "Descriptive Information Form", "Richard Campbell Sleep Scale" and "Checklist Individual Strength (CIS) Fatigue Scale" were used as data collection tools. Study data were collected face-to-face via survey. All data obtained as a result of the research were evaluated with the SPSS 26.0 package program. The average age of the patients in the study was calculated as 58.22±9.2 years. Approximately 44.6% of the patients in the study were female and 55.4% were male. It was determined that 79.2% of the patients were married, 30.8% were illiterate, and 82.3% were not working. The mean total score of the RCUÖ scale used in the study was 286.69±151.3, and the mean total score of the CYÖ scale in this study was 5.11±1.4. A positive correlation between RCUS and CYS score averages was found to be statistically significant (p<0.05). As a result, as the fatigue level of the patients increases, sleep quality decreases.