Application of the Dyofunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep in Health Education to Patients with Insomnia
- VernacularTitle:睡眠信念与态度量表在失眠患者健康教育中的应用
- Author:
Hengyun HU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep scale;
health education;
patients with insomnia;
randomized controlled trial
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the possible incorrect beliefs related to sleep disorder and educate patients ai- ming at their incorrect beliefs to achieve the objective of promoting sleep.Methods:Altogether 62 cases of patients suffering from insomnia were included and divided into experimental group and control group randomly (31 in each group).Patients in both groups were given medical and psychological treatment.The patients in experimental group were also given health education targeting at their incorrect sleeping beliefs,while the patients in control group were only given general health education.All patients were assessed with the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep (DBAS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).Their sleep duration,sleep quality,sleep efficiency and edu- cation efficiency were evaluated every week.Results:After 4-week education,the DBAS scores of experimental group and control group were both higher than baseline [(111.0?8.7) vs.(88.9?12.3),P=0.001;(93.5?17.2) vs.(81.3?19.2),P=0.010].But the PSQI scores were lower than baseline [(5.5?2.1) vs.(10.9?4.4), (9.0?2.1) vs.(11.5?3.6),P=0.001].After 4-week education,the DBAS score of control group was lower than that of experimental group,but the PSQI score was higher than that of experimental group.After health education, patients in experimental group were more satisfied with sleep duration,sleep quality and sleep efficiency.The satisfac- tion with sleep duration changed from 18/31 to 30/31,the satisfaction with sleep quality changed from 8/31 to 23/31, and the satisfaction with sleep efficiency changed from 8/31 to 21/31 (P
