Abstract

This is a DNP Capstone paper. This DNP project examined what effect a community based sleep hygiene education program had on the quantity and quality of sleep in rural adults. Participants received a 45 minute oral PowerPoint presentation on sleep hygiene and were given an educational handout. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire was used to subjectively evaluate a participant's sleep habit pre- and post-intervention (Buysse et al., 1989). Strong evidence suggests that the sleep hygiene intervention improves the overall PSQI global scores and overall quality of sleep. A paired sample t test was calculated to compare the means of differences between pre- and post-global PSQI intervention scores. The means of differences was 2.44, a statistically significant increase from the pretest to the final was found (t(8)= 4.859, p <0.001.

Author Details

Amber R. Rogers MSN, RN, CDE; Linda Hughes, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE

Sigma Membership

Tau Tau

Lead Author Affiliation

Nebraska Methodist College, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Type

DNP Capstone Project

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quasi-Experimental Study, Other

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Adults, Sleep Hygiene, Education, Sleeping

Advisor

Hughes, Linda Carol

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Nebraska Methodist College

Degree Year

2019

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Review Type

Faculty Approved: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Self-submission

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