Sleep Quality and Daily Living for Elderly Patients Diagnosed with Knee Osteoarthritis

Background: Pain, stiffness, functional limitations are most common features associatedwith knee osteoarthritis (OA) can lead to challenges in performing activities of daily living(ADLs) and sleep quality. Aim: assess sleep quality and daily living for elderly patientsdiagnosed with knee osteoarthritis. Design: was used cross-sectional descriptive study.Setting: The study was conducted in the Orthopedic Outpatient Clinic of El-FayoumGeneral Hospital at Elfayoum City. Sample: A purposive sample was used; they were 72Elderly patients 60 years old and over. Tool: Two tools were used to gather the data. Tool I:A self-administered questionnaire or structured interview for assessing socio-demographicdata of patients, past & present medical history and knowledge. Second tool consists of3parts (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Visual Analog Pain Scale, Knee Injury andOsteoarthritis Outcome Score. Results: The study results showed 50.0% were 70 years andmore, 61.1% who bad sleeper, 25.3% experiencing always pain, 47.3% had sleep latency,58.3% had short sleep period and statistically significant correlation among totalknowledge, sleep quality and Koos. Conclusion: findings of the current study indicateapproximately three-quarter of the studied patients had bad score of total score regardingKOOS and patients already had difficult in performing daily activities. Recommendations:The study recommended further research to rehabilitate elderly patients to self-manage theircondition through creates effective health educational programs