@article{Batool_Hasan_Dars_Batool_Ahmed_Iqbal_2021, title={ASSESSMENT OF SLEEP QUALITY IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE}, volume={71}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/4585}, DOI={10.51253/pafmj.v6i6.4585}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the quality of sleep-in patients diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM).</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Prospective observational study.</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Duration:</strong> Psychiatry Department and Medicine Ward of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi Pakistan, from Apr to Nov 2018.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> All patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus were included in the study. All cases under age 30, type I diabetes, gestational diabetes and patients with severe illness were excluded. The data of sociodemographic lifestyle factors was collected through a pre-designed semi-structured questionnaire and sleep quality of patients was assessed using Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The results of the data were analyzed by using SPSS version 24.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Out of 260 patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, 197 (76%) were female. The mean age of the sample was 55.7 ± 9.89 years, with only 54 (20.8%) having normal body mass index. More than 50% of sample was poor sleepers and educational status was found to be strongly associated with quality of sleep (p-value <0.05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The present study indicates that patients with Diabetes Mellitus often experienced sleep irregularities hence poor sleep quality. There is a need to increase the awareness regarding sleep quality among patients and health professionals as well while assessing the patients with Diabetes Mellitus.</p>}, number={6}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Batool, Syeda Ramsha and Hasan, Insia and Dars, Jawed Akbar and Batool, Rabisa and Ahmed, Syed Masroor and Iqbal, Muhammad}, year={2021}, month={Dec.}, pages={1954–57} }