Rajwant Kaur, Karobi Das, Sunita Sharma, Gaurav Parkash
ABSTRACT:
Introduction- Sleep disturbances occur in about 10% to 15% of the general population and 35 to 50% of people with cancer. These are often associated with situational stress, physical illness, aging, drug treatment, pain and hospitalization. Sound assessment of sleep difficulties helps to identify sources of sleep disruption. Objective: To identify the sleep difficulties among Hemato-Oncological patients. Material and Methods: A descriptive study was conducted among hospitalised Hemato- Oncological patients and 60 patients were studied. A standardised tool ‘Insomnia severity' index was used to assess the sleep difficulties. Result: It was found that almost all the subjects had one or another sleep difficulty and 40% were having very severe difficulty in falling asleep. Similarly 30% patients were having very severe problem in staying asleep. Problem of waking too early was faced by 28% of the study subjects. Majority of patients were very dissatisfied with their sleep and maximum patients were having impact of sleep disturbance on their daily functions. Recommendations: Nursing professional should acknowledge the need and importance of quality sleep and to take care of this utmost important need assessment of sleep difficulties and contributing factors should be kept under consideration to promote sleep to patients.