Key result
Sleep hygiene education in AF patients fails to improve sleep scores but reduces fatigue.
Why the study?
Sleep hygiene education is widely used for sleep disorders, and this study aimed to improve sleep quality by reducing OSAS symptoms and fatigue in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Does sleep hygiene education improve sleep quality and reduce fatigue in patients with atrial fibrillation and OSAS?
RCT
Randomized
No
Does sleep hygiene education improve sleep quality and reduce fatigue in patients with atrial fibrillation and OSAS?
In patients with atrial fibrillation and OSAS, sleep hygiene education does not significantly improve overall sleep quality at 1 month, despite potential benefits for sleep duration and fatigue.
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Does not support sleep hygiene education for sleep quality in AF; challenges routine use and leaves fatigue benefits open for further trials.
OBJECTIVE: Sleep hygiene education is widely used as a coping strategy for sleep disorders and is known to be an effective, and side-effect-free approach. To improve sleep quality by reducing the symptoms and fatigue level experienced by patients with OSAS with sleep hygiene education. METHOD: The study was a single-center, randomized controlled research. A structured training program was applied face-to-face to the intervention group. Received inpatient treatment for atrial fibrillation in the Cardiology Service of a Training and Research Hospital between June 2023 and December 2023. RESULTS: No significant difference was found between the MOS Sleep Scale scores of the control group and the intervention group at 1 month in terms of sleep disturbance, sleep adequacy, shortness of breath, sleepiness, snoring, and sleep duration subscales. Fatigue, concentration, motivation, and physical activity scores of the intervention group patients were lower at the end of the 1st month. CONCLUSION: Sleep hygiene education has a positive effect on sleep duration in patients with Atrial Fibrillation, however it is ineffective in ensuring high quality sleep.
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Ören et al. (2025) conducted an RCT in Atrial Fibrillation with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Symptoms. Sleep hygiene education vs. Control group was evaluated on MOS Sleep Scale scores (sleep disturbance, sleep adequacy, shortness of breath, sleepiness, snoring, and sleep duration). Sleep hygiene education in patients with atrial fibrillation did not significantly improve MOS Sleep Scale scores at 1 month compared to control, though it reduced fatigue scores.
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