A study on the differences and influencing factors of sleep quality in epilepsy patients of different genders

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate and analyze the differences in sleep quality among epilepsy patients of different genders to provide a reference for determining the influencing factors of sleep quality based on logistic multiple regression analysis. A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 220 epilepsy patients admitted to our hospital from May 2022 to November 2023. The patients were divided into low-quality and high-quality sleep groups. Data were obtained using a general information questionnaire survey and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The average PSQI score for male patients was 12.89 ± 3.13, while for female patients, it was 9.26 ± 2.60. The PSQI score for male patients was significantly higher than that for female patients (p < 0.05). Moreover, the influencing factors for sleep quality in epilepsy patients included gender, annual income, medical insurance, frequency of epilepsy onset and medication use. Male epilepsy patients suffer from poorer sleep quality compared to female patients. Factors such as gender, annual income, medical insurance, seizure frequency and medication use significantly affect sleep quality in epilepsy patients. It could be recommended that patients adhere to medical advice for managing epilepsy and that healthcare authorities enhance awareness and policy support to reduce seizures and improve patients’ quality of life.

Keywords

• gender
• epilepsy
• sleep quality
• differences
• influence factor