Researching the sleep quality of the patients who suffer from heart failure and the factors effecting it

The quality of sleep % 50 decreases in patients who suffer from heart failure. The target of this research is to identify the patients? quality of sleep and the factors that have impacts on it.In the sample of this research included sixty patients who have been dealt with in our cardiology unit and were diagnosed at least six months ago having no other illnesses threating life.The datas of sociodemographic and the feature of the illness are gathered by the researcher using patient presentation documents.PUKI is used in order to identify the quality of sleep.In the process of evaluating the datas with Kruskal Wallis test,Mann Whitney U test and the disparity among the variables and the correlation analysis are searched.In conclusion of the research it?s determined that the sleep quality of the patients who suffer from heart failure is low.The avarage of Global PSQI is defined as 9.20 ± 2.10.The research pointed out that the quality of sleep of PSQI are effected by age,sex, the number of pillow and the class level according to NYHA (New York Heart Association) classification .Obtaining a sleep history in people with heart failure is important. The new studies are suggested to examine effects of level of depression and the other factors.Key Words: heart failure, quality of sleep, sleep, nursing