Calidad del sueño en pacientes con hipertensión arterial y diabetes mellitus tipo 2 atendidos en el Centro de Especialidades Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca, 2024. Cuenca - Ecuador

Abstract

Background: Sleep quality is an indicator of overall health, even more so in patients with chronic degenerative diseases such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Patients neglect their own sleep, which deteriorates overall functioning; no studies are found in the field, so this study is proposed. Objective: to characterize the quality of sleep in patients with arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus treated at the Medical Specialties Center of the University of Cuenca, 2024. Methodology: descriptive study, with a sample of 174 patients with arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus treated at the Medical Specialties Center of the University of Cuenca. In the data analysis, statistics were used such as mean and standard deviation (SD) for the age variable as frequency and percentage for the rest of the variables; additional chi square to estimate the relationship between sociodemographic variables and sleep quality. Results: Patients over 60 years of age predominate, women with 64%, belonging to the urban sector with 64%, retired with 68%; widowers/widowers with 77%, 59% patients with HTA and 68% with DM Type 2 have Malaca quality of sleep. Conclusions: Poor quality of sleep was found in the majority, with effects in those over 60 years of age, women and retired people.