sleep disorders in patients with asthma referred to imam reza hospital of kermanshah

asthma is a common respiratory disorder which often exacerbated during sleep. this study was done to determine sleep disorders among patients suffered from asthma. in this cross-sectional descriptive study, 95 asthmatic patients were selected using convenient sampling method. a questionnaire consisting of both demographic information and global sleep assessment was employed to gather data. results were analyzed using spss version 15.the prevalence of disorder differs from % 1/1(sleep waking), to %78 /9 (interruption in sleep maintenance). as there is a high prevalence of sleep disorders among asthmatic patients, early detection and treatment of this disease is recommended.