Quality of Sleep among Adults in Sagamu, Southwest Nigeria

Abstract

Sleep plays an essential restorative function and is essential for good health, good quality of life and well-being. This study aimed to assess quality of sleep in a southwestern community within Nigeria.Participants were recruited using a multi-stage random sampling technique from Sagamu community. Four hundred and sixteen participants were interviewed using a socio-demographic questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. Poor sleep quality was reported by 25.7% (n=107) of the respondents. There was a significant difference in the average hours of sleep across gender (male = 7.166 ± 1.385; female = 7.640 ± 1.201, t = 3.710, p = 0.000). Respondents that were 65 years and above were likely to be poorer sleepers compared to other age groups (X2 = 5.416, p = 0.067). Respondents who were separated or divorced (52.4%), widowed (46.7%) and married (31.2%) were significantly poorer sleepers compared with those that were single or never married (14.6%) (X2 = 25.926, p = 0.000) The overall sleep quality correlated positively with age (r = 0.220, p = 0.000) and psychological morbidity (r = 0.211, p = 0.000).A good proportion of the community dwellers were poor sleepers. Sleep disturbance might represent a significant and unrecognized public health issue within the community.

Keywords: Quality of Sleep, Sleep Duration, Psychiatric Morbidity and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality index