conclusions using eye mask can significantly improve the sleep quality in cardiac patients. therefore, nurses are recommended to use eye mask in combination with current treatments for improving patients’ sleep quality. results after the study, the median scores of the subjective sleep quality, the sleep latency, the sleep duration, the habitual sleep efficiency, and the sleep disturbances doma...

objectives this study aims to detect the effect of selected aerobic exercises on sleep quality in non-athlete middle-aged women. materials and methods fifteen non-athlete middle-aged women participated in this study, all of them suffered from insomnia. pittsburgh questionnaire was used for determining sleep quality in this sample. four indices including sleep duration, sleep disturbance, sleep ...

background and purpose: stress has adverse effects on the quality of sleep and professional life in nurses engaged in intensive care units (icus). this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the qualities of work life and sleep in nurses employed in the icus of mazandaran province in iran. methods: this cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 180 nurses emplo...

objective: to evaluate and describe the sleep quality in seven subscales among the patients with mild traumatic brain injury (tbi) and compare it with normal patterns. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted within a 6-month period from february to august 2014 in shahid rajaei trauma center of shiraz. participants were selected randomly from all adult (18-60 years of age) patients adm...

quality of sleep and its correlating factors in residents of kahrizak nursing home     aliasgharpoor m [1] , eybpoosh s [2] *     received: 15may, 2011 accepted: 27july, 2011     abstract   background & aims : information on sleep quality of elderly people and its correlating factors helps to develop proper strategies to minimize or maximize their effect. this study was conducted as little is k...

background: sleep disorders among heart failure (hf) patients negatively influence the quality of life. awareness of sleep disturbances, as one of the disturbing factors of the quality of life among hf patients, and its related factors would help health care staff to provide more comprehensive care. hence, this study was conducted to determine the quality of sleep and its related factors in hos...

the effect of massage therapy on the quality of sleep in women with multiple sclerosis being admitted by isfahan m.s. association bahraini s , naji sa* , mannani r , bekhradi r received: 25 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: low quality of sleep is one of the most common signs in multiple sclerosis that can result in reducing the quality of life, increasing mortalit...

background: sleep disorders are common among patients with chronic heart failure (hf), and it can have a significant effect on patients’ daily activities as well as their health. the purpose of this study was to assess sleep quality and its predictors in iranian patients with chronic hf.   methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 200 patients with hf in two hospitals of...

background and objective: breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. many of the women with breast cancer suffer from sleep disorders. this study aimed to investigate the quality of sleep and its related issues in women with breast cancer referred to the hematology and oncology research center affiliated with tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. materials and methods: ...