A study on Chronic Pain and Sleep Quality in Mothers Journal Article

Objective: Chronic pain is one of the most important medical problems that affect many people every year. The highest prevalence of chronic pain is in adulthood. Sleep problems are one of common symptoms of chronic pain. The aim of this study was to compare sleep quality in mothers with chronic pain and healthy mothers. Methods: This study was comparative and its statistical population was included all women referred to the Pain Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Among them, 159 persons were selected using convenience sampling method. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Von korff Pain Intensity Scale and demographic information Form were used to collect data. Data analysis was done using t-test and one way analysis of variance. Results: The results showed that sleep quality in mothers with chronic pain was significantly different from healthy mothers, and with increase in pain intensity, sleep quality decreased. Conclusions: Results of this study have implications on need pay attention to quality of sleep in mothers with chronic pain and its impact on daily routine and their duties as a parent.

47-54, Spring-Summer 2019 Received: 09/25/2018 Accepted: 02/24/2019 A study on Chronic Pain and Sleep Quality in Mothers Parisa Moradi Kelardeh1*, Vahid Sadeghi Firoozabadi2, Mahmood Heidari3, Mohsen Dehghani4 Abstract Objective: Chronic pain is one of the most important medical problems that affect many people every year. Conclusions: Results of this study have implications on need pay attention to quality of sleep in mothers with chronic pain and its impact on daily routine and their duties as a parent. On the other hand, chronic pain is associated with a wide range of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression (Aili, Nyman, Hillert & Svartengren, 2015; Turk, Fillingim, Ohrbach & Patel, 2015), disability in daily routine, physical activity and quality of life (Arabi & Bagheri, 2017), social and interpersonal dysfunction and difficulties in family and job performance (Breivik, Collett, Ventafridda, Cohen, & Gallacher, 2006; Prefontaine& Rochette, 2013). Chronic pain is associated with multiple psychological difficulties such as poor quality of sleep, which in turn can cause many problems in people such as difficulties in performing daily activities (Shaver & Iacovides, 2018). Figure 1: decrease in sleep quality with increasing in pain intensity Patients with chronic pain are at high risk in medical and psychological problems, including anxiety and mood disorders, secondary physical illness, overweight, and sleep disorders (Cheatle, Foster, Pinkett, Lesneski, Qu & Dhingra, 2016). The main difference between this research and other studies was the evaluation of sleep quality in a specific group, that is mothers with chronic pain.