Sleep Quality and Factors Affecting Sleep in Individuals With an Intestinal Ostomy: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Multiple factors affect the sleep quality of individuals with intestinal stomas.This study sought to determine sleep quality and factors affecting sleep in individuals with intestinal ostomies.A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. This study followed 68 individuals with intestinal stomas at the stoma therapy unit of a university hospital. A form was used to gather information about patient demographic and stoma-related data (age, sex, work status, stoma duration, cause and type of stoma, stoma care provider, sleep status during the day, daily coffee consumption, and stoma-related factors affecting sleep), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to score patient sleep patterns. Descriptive statistics, t-test, chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, and logistic regression analysis were used for statistical analysis.The patients' mean age was 53.7 ± 13.8 years; 51.5% were male, and 66.2% were married. Of the 68 patients, 41.2% had a diagnosis of rectal cancer, and 55.9% had ileostomies. Mean stoma duration was 24.1 ± 5.8 months, and 57.4% of participants performed their own stoma care. On a scale of 0 to 21, the participants' mean sleep score was 9.08 ± 5.03, and 66.2% of patients were found to have poor sleep quality. High sleep quality was significantly positively associated with colostomy (odds ratio, 1.78; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.18-2.69; P = .006) and self-performed stoma care (odds ratio, 1.54; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-2.30; P = .036).The results of the current study can provide reference data for future studies and highlight the importance of assessing sleep quality in persons with intestinal stomas.