Background
Sleep disturbance is a common complaint in people living with HIV/AIDS. Those individuals with it are less likely to adhere to their antiretroviral therapy regimens, have decreased quality of life, have decreased work productivity as well as it may increase the risk for psychiatric disorders, cardiovascular morbidity and disease progression. However, it is not well studied in Ethiopia.
Methods
An institution based cross-sectional study was utilized among 408 participants selected by systematic sampling technique. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire was used to measure sleep quality. Binary and multivariable logistic regression models were fitted. Odds ratios (OR) with the corresponding 95% confidence interval (95%CI)) was computed to assess the strength of association. P-value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Results
The magnitude of poor sleep quality was 55.6%. Being female [AOR = 3.40, 95% CI: (1.80, 6.41)], depression [AOR = 3.52, 95% CI: (1.95, 6.32)], CD4count ≤ 200 cells/mm3 [AOR = 3.18,95%CI: (1.65,6.13)], duration of HIV/AIDS diagnosis [AOR = 3.43,95% CI: (1.61,7.29)], current use of tobacco [AOR = 5.69, 95% CI: (2.04,15.9)] and chat or caffeinated drinks [AOR = 2.65, 95% CI: (1.06,6.64)] and poor sleep hygiene [AOR = 3.55, 95% CI: (1.85, 6.78)] were significantly associated with poor sleep quality.
Conclusions
More than half of the study participants were found to have poor sleep quality. Routine screening of sleep condition among people living with HIV/AIDS and early intervention based on the findings is suggested.