Comparison of the Quality of Sleep in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease

Objective In this study, we aimed to compare the quality of sleep between patients with (CKD) and those with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Methodology We performed a cross-sectional study between August 2020 and January 2021. We included 240 patients, among which 178 (74.2%) were CKD patients and 62 (25.8%) were ESRD patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). Demographic data were collected on a pre-designed proforma. The quality of sleep was evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). PSQI assesses subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication, and daytime dysfunction. A PSQI score >5 indicates poor sleep quality. Results Out of the 240 patients, 159 (66%) had poor sleep quality. We found a significant difference in mean PSQI scores between CKD and ESRD patients (9.6 ± 12.4 vs. 11.4 ± 3.9 respectively), indicating poorer sleep quality in ESRD patients as compared to those with CKD (p<0.001). In our study, among all comorbidities, poor sleep was significantly associated with ischemic heart disease (IHD) (p = 0.025), after adjusting for confounding factors. Conclusions Our study showed that two-thirds of the study population had poor sleep quality. ESRD patients suffered from more disturbed sleep as compared to CKD patients.