Relationships Among Types of Stroke, Depression, Sleep Hygiene Practices and Insomnia of Stroke Patients

Abstract

The purpose of descriptive research was to investigate the relationships between type the of stroke, depression and sleep hygiene in stroke patients. In the sample there were 106 stroke patients with age ranging from 30-60 years, Who were selected by a simple random sampling tecnique, and were followed up at the Outpatient Department of Prasat Neurological Institute and Phramongkutklao Hospital. Research methods included Maryland Trait and State Depression (MTSD), a sleep hygiene questionnaire and Insomnia Severity Index. Content validity was examined by five experts. The methods were tested by using reliability Cronbach’s alpha coefficient obtained at .97, .71 and .79, respectively. Data were analyzed using frequency, mean, standard deviation, Eta coefficient and Pearson’s product moment correlation

The results were as follow: 1) The mean of insomnia score of stroke patients was at the “subthreshold insomnia” (–x = 8.38, SD = 7.97). 2) Types of stroke patient were not correlated to insomnia 3) Significant positive correlation was depression (r= .616) and insomnia in stroke patients. 4) Significant negative correlation was worse sleep hygiene (r= -.242) and insomnia in stroke patients.