A Cross-Sectional Study on The Effects of Sleep Hygiene Practices on Adults’ Mental Health and Functional Performance

Abstract

Background: Anything that raises alertness or throws off the regular sleep-wake cycle balance is considered poor or unsatisfactory sleep hygiene. The connection between a person’s mental health and their sleep hygiene practices needs to be made clear. This could facilitate a deeper comprehension of the issue and aid in the creation of successful awareness campaigns regarding proper sleep hygiene techniques to lessen the grave consequences of this problem. Thus, the goal of the current study was to analyze sleep hygiene behaviors and determine how they affected the adult population, in terms of both sleep quality and mental health. Methodology: The cross-sectional study was carried out. Participation was open to all adults living in City. The study did not include participants with incomplete data. The researchers created a self-administered questionnaire to evaluate study participants’ sleep hygiene habits and their effects on their mental and physical well-being. Results: There were 384 adults in the research. Poor sleep hygiene habits and the frequency of sleep issues were significantly correlated (p < 0.001). Compared to those with poor sleep hygiene habits (56.1%), a considerably larger percentage of individuals (76.5%) reported having trouble sleeping during the previous three months. Those with inadequate hygiene practices had considerably greater rates of excessive or severe daytime sleepiness (22.5% compared 11.7% and 5.2% versus 1.2%, p = 0.001). The percentage of participants with depression was substantially greater in the group with poor hygiene practices (75.8%) compared to the group with good hygiene practices (59.6%) (p = 0.001). Conclusion: The results of this study show that among adult residents of city, poor sleep hygiene habits are significantly associated with depression, daytime sleepiness, and sleep issues.