Evaluation of sleep quality, insomnia severity and OSAS risk in primary care population: A descriptive study

Purpose In our study, we aimed to evaluate the sleep quality, insomnia presence and severity, obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) risk of the patients who applied to family health centres and to determine the situations that might be related with these features. Methods This study is a descriptive research and conducted in Ankara Güdül, Antalya Değirmenözü, Bursa Sırameşeler, Gaziantep Family Health Centre policlinics. The study population consisted of all patients over 18 years of age who were admitted to the family health centres for any reason. A 10‐question questionnaire, Berlin questionnaire, Pittsburgh sleep quality questionare and insomnia severity questionare were applied by the researchers from October to December 2017 by using face‐to‐face interview method. Results Two hundred nineteen nine people participated in study and 54.5% of them were women. According to the results of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionare, it was found that 27.1% of the participants' sleep quality was good; according to the Berlin sleep questionnaire, 27.4% of the participants had high OSAS risk. According to Insomnia Severity Questionare, 27.1% of them had insomnia lower threshold, 15.4% had moderate insomnia and 3.7% severe insomnia. Conclusions In this context, it will be very effective in terms of the quality of life of patients in order to determine the conditions that disrupt sleep hygiene and to perform the necessary interventions which can be intervened in the primary healthcare institutions and the other patients to be delivered to the related upper levels.