Sleep Quality and Its Association with Level of Irritability in Patients with Frozen Shoulder in Peshawar
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https://doi.org/10.70749/ijbr.v3i6.1602Keywords:
Frozen Shoulder, Irritability, Sleep Disturbance, Association between Irritability and Quality of Sleep, Cause of Frozen Shoulder and Risk FactorsAbstract
Background: Frozen shoulder also known as Adhesive capsulitis (AC), is a condition associated with shoulder pain and stiffness. It is a common shoulder ailment that is marked by pain and a loss of range of motion, particularly in external rotation. Frozen shoulder is one of the most common MSK problems and it is one of the reasons for clinical visits. Irritability of frozen shoulder have strong relation with quality of sleep. Objective: To evaluate sleep quality and its association with level of irritability in patients with frozen shoulder in Peshawar. Methodology: It was analytical cross sectional study to explore association between quality of sleep association with level of irritability in frozen shoulder. 112 patients were examined for quality of sleep by using PSQI questionnaire. And level of irritability by using DASH questionnaire. Results: Most of the participants 79% had significant sleep disturbance. Patients were from age 22-65 years having mean age 39± 10.7, the mean score of Pittsburgh sleep quality index was 8±4.0, the chi square test showed strong association of level of irritability with disturbance of sleep as their P- values were 0.01<0.05, 0.023<0.5, 0.05>0.015 respectively. Conclusion: This study concluded that irritability of frozen shoulder have strong association with disturbance of sleep.
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