Journal of Hepatology and Gastrointestinal disorders
Open Access
ISSN: 2475-3181
+44-20-4587-4809
ISSN: 2475-3181
+44-20-4587-4809
Nilufer Uner, Elif Unsal Avdal, Berna Nilgun Ozgursoy Uran and Zehra Ecesoy Akpinar
Purpose: This study was conducted as a descriptive study to evaluate the sleep quality, to determine the factors which can be related to sleep quality and to confirm the relation between sleep quality and life quality in individuals with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Methods: The research was conducted with 40 IBS patients who visited the gastroenterology outpatient’s clinic of a training and research hospital between September 2014 and January 2015. IBS Quality of Life Questionnaire (IBSQOL), Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the identification form for IBS individuals developed by the researcher based on the literature were used as data collection tools. Results: It was determined that 55% of the IBS individuals who participated in our research were women. 23.3% of them smoked, 12.5% of them used herbal medicines and 57.5% of them consumed coffee. It was seen that the average score of IBS-QOL was good with ̄χ:122.52 ± 31.44. It was determined that the IBS patients had bad sleep according to results obtained with the PSQI average score ̄χ:8.77 ± 4.57. Conclusions: In consequence, it was determined that sleep quality of IBS patients was poor and the life quality of IBS patients whose sleep quality was decreased was also disrupted.