Effectiveness of Implementing Sleep Hygiene Guidelines on Daily Living Activities for Anterior Knee Cruciate Ligaments Reconstruction Patients

. Abd Alazez, Amina Elsayed; Basal, Afaf Abdel Aziz.; Ewais, Waleed Mohamed.; Ibrahim, Reda Abdel Salam

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2023.291057

Effectiveness of Implementing Sleep Hygiene Guidelines on Daily Living Activities for Anterior Knee Cruciate Ligaments Reconstruction Patients

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Demonstrator, Medical –Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

² Professor of Medical- Surgical Nursing (Main Supervisor) Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

³ Professor of orthopedic surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

⁴ Assist Professor of Medical- Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

10.21608/tsnj.2023.291057

Abstract

Back ground: Sleep hygiene is the term that are used to describe good sleep habits. Sleep is
defined as a set of behaviors that impact sleep quality and duration. Aim: This study was
conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing sleep hygiene guidelines on daily living
activities for anterior cruciate ligaments reconstruction patients. Subjects and methods: A
quasi-experimental study was conducted in at orthopedic departments of Tanta Universal
Teaching Hospital and Orthopedic Outpatient Clinic for follow up.The convenience sampling of
(60) adult post-operative anterior cruciate ligaments reconstruction patients was included in the
study and randomly divided into two groups. Group 1: (control group) Consists of (30) patient
who received the usual hospital routine of care. Group 2: (study group) Consists of (30) patient
who received the application of sleep hygiene guidelines. Three tools were being used as follow.
Tool (I) Structured Interview Schedule. Tool (II)): Sleep Hygiene Index Tool (III)): Knee
Outcome Survey-Activities of Daily living scale. Results:The main results revealed that the
majority of the studied patients in study group were developed their sleeping habits 80% while
among control group was 10% at the 2nd week of the operation. Conclusions and
recommendations: sleep hygiene guidelines program has a favorable effect on the activity of
daily living among patients with anterior cruciate ligaments reconstruction, : In addition to the
patients’ ability to perform this activity improved. It’s recommended to provide clear instruction
to patients about behavior change to provide a foundation for improvement of sleep hygiene

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