Author(s)

Yuko Yasuhara¹, Tetsuya Tanioka¹, Rozzano Locsin¹, Waraporn Kongsuwan², Beth King³, Haruo Kobayashi⁴

¹Department of Nursing, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
²Department of Medical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
³Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
⁴Kyushu University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka, Japan.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between daily activities and sleep durations for patients following elective percutaneous coronary intervention (ePCI) and diagnosed with ischemic heart disease (IHD) after discharge to their homes. The actigraph data were used to collect data from twenty five patients. The duration of night-time sleep (minutes from the start to end of night-time) and actual night-time sleep duration (total sleep duration excluding wake-up durations of night-time) on the seventh day after discharge were divided into three groups; less than 360, 360 to 480, and more than 480 minutes (short, optimal and long respectively). Subsequently, among the three groups of patients, the data were analyzed by Kruskal Wallis H-test with multiple comparison procedures using the Scheffé-test in order to compare differences in daytime activity items at seven days after discharge from the hospital. Total daytime nap duration (p < 0.05), percent nap duration in day time (p < 0.05), and longest daytime nap duration (p < 0.05) were significantly higher and the daytime activity index which was significantly lower in the group with short night-time sleep durations than those with optimal night-time sleep duration (p < 0.05). However, the duration of night-time sleep and daytime activity did not significantly differ. If actual night-time sleep duration is improved from 360 to 480 minutes, daytime nap could potentially be decreased. Determining objective sleep conditions for patients and treating sleep disorders may improve overall patient health, facilitating appropriate sleep and wake rhythms.

Actigraphy, Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Actual Night-Time Sleep Duration, Daily Activity

Yasuhara, Y. , Tanioka, T. , Locsin, R. , Kongsuwan, W. , King, B. and Kobayashi, H. (2017) Daily Activities and Sleep Durations of Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease Who Were Discharged to Their Homes after Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Open Journal of Psychiatry, 7, 318-328. doi: 10.4236/ojpsych.2017.74027.