Factors Affecting Poststroke Sleep Disorders.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study is to evaluate the sleep quality of stroke patients, to present the influencing factors, and thus to provide more effective rehabilitation in hospitals' inpatient clinics.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Twenty-three stroke patients who received inpatient treatment at Bolu Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital were retrospectively evaluated in the study. Educational background, occupation, body mass index, symptom duration, etiology, dominant hemisphere, affected hemisphere, comorbid diseases, and Brunnstrom recovery stages (9), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score, and Functional Independence Measure score were assessed.

RESULTS

In multivariate linear regression analysis, we found that BDI score (P = .030) and comorbid diseases (P = .040) had the highest effect on change in PSQI.

CONCLUSIONS

Depression and comorbid diseases were the most effective factors on poststroke sleep disorder in patients who underwent neurological rehabilitation and they should be managed to increase the efficacy of the neurological rehabilitation.