Effects of sleep hygiene training given to pregnant women with restless leg syndrome on their sleep quality

Abstract

Purpose

This research was conducted to determine the effects of sleep hygiene training given to pregnant women with restless leg syndrome on their sleep quality.

Methods

This study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test, and a control group. When the power analysis was made, a sample size with 5% two-sided significance, 95% confidence interval, and 95% ability to represent the population was calculated to have a total of 128 pregnant women. The sleeping hygiene training was given to two sessions of the experiment group. A personal identification form and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were used for the collection of data. Percentage distribution, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and chi-square were used for statistical evaluation in addition to dependent and independent groups t tests.

Results

PSQI pre-test mean values revealed that sleep quality in both groups was similarly poor (p = 0.353). It was determined that the mean post-test score after sleep hygiene training was 7.23 ± 2.17 in the experiment group and 10.54 ± 2.20 in the control group, while the difference between the groups was statistically significant (p = 0.000). Accordingly, it was determined that the sleepers in the experimental group had better sleep quality than those in the control group.

Conclusions

Sleep hygiene training given to pregnant women with restless leg syndrome increased sleep quality.

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