Sleep Factors affecting the quality of sleep in healthy population

Objective: Good sleep quality is an important requirement for biological, psychological and social health. Sleep quality is affected by many factors. The effects of many of the disease on sleep quality and possible negative factors have been studied so far. We aimed to examine sleep quality in a large number of the healthy group, and explain the factors affecting the sleep quality in this study.

Method: Seven hundred and thirty healthy volunteers were included in this study. The Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Insomnia Severity Score, pre-sleep arousal scale, Berlin questionnaire, and sociodemographic data form were applied to each case. Linear regression analysis was performed to determine the effect of several factors on sleep quality index scores.

Results: The average scores of the Beck Depression Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory of patients, were 13:28±8:55 and 9.84±11:12, respectively. The average scores of Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Insomnia Severity Score were 6.78±4.73, 4.88±2.79 and 7.88±4.85, respectively. When the factors affecting the quality of sleep index scores (the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, insomnia severity scale, pre-sleep arousal scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, body mass index, age) were examined, it was seen that the scores of berlin questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory scores were decisive in this regard.

Conclusion: As a result of various studies; pains, physical fatigue, smoking habits are shown to be effective on the quality of sleep. In our study, depressive symptoms and OSAS-like pathologies were shown to be effective. Studies are needed to investigate the somatic symptoms and social impacts as well.