Comparison of somnipathy among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and HIV sero negative patients in a Nigerian family practice setting (original) (raw)

2016

Abstract

Background : It is a common axiom that HIV sero-positive patients experience more sleep disorders than the HIV sero-negative patients, but there is paucity of research to support this claim. Objective : The aim of this study was to compare sleep disorders among PLWHA on HAART with a matched HIV sero negative control group. Method : Using the Leslie Kish's Formula, 400 PLWHA attending HIV clinic and 400 sero-negative patients attending the Well Adult Clinic of Kwara state specialist Hospital were recruited for the study. The Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to measure sleep disorder. Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated using the international classification. Classification of hypertension was according to the JNC 8. Results : The prevalence of sleeping disorder was 46.2% among PLWHA and 44.0% among the HIV sero-negative patients. 14.0% of PLWHA were underweight compared with 6.0% of HIV sero-negative patients. 16.5% of PLWHA had very bad subjective sleep quality, c...

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