Investigating the relationship between sleep duration and stroke incidence

Abstract

Stroke is the second cause of death worldwide and one of the main causes of disability, which is increasing day by day in developing countries. Sleep duration is a fundamental aspect of human health and well-being. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between sleep duration and stroke incidence, which helps to understand sleep-related factors as potential determinants of stroke risk. Methodology: In this study, 100 patients were randomly selected in the case group and the control group for 12 months at Imam Reza Hospital's training and treatment center and entered the study after obtaining consent. For all the studied patients, the information required for the research, including age, sex, type of disease, occupation, sleep duration at night, sleep duration in the afternoon and total sleep hours per day and risk factors of stroke by the researcher in an interview. it is registered. Findings: During the examination of 200 patients, the findings show a significant relationship between the duration of afternoon sleep and the total night time sleep and the incidence of stroke. People in the stroke group had more daytime and afternoon sleep compared to the control group. The median afternoon sleep duration in the stroke group (60 minutes) was longer compared to the control group (30 minutes). In addition, the median total sleep duration in the stroke group (450 minutes) was significantly higher compared to the control group (420 minutes) and p values for sleep duration, afternoon sleep duration and sleep duration At night, it was 0.005, 0.012 and 0.061, respectively. Also, there was a significant relationship between history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, history of heart disease and family history of stroke.