Mindfulness of Voices and its Relation to Quality of Sleep Among Patients with Schizophrenia Experiencing Auditory Hallucination | ||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 31, Issue 4, November 2023, Pages 303-317 PDF (629.2 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2023.328830 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Souzan Abd El-Menem Abd El-Ghafar Harfush1; Angham Elsaid Tawfik Hafez2; Amal Awad Abd El-Nabi Moussa3 | ||
| 1Assistant professor of Psychiatric &Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||
| 2Lecturer of Psychiatric &Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||
| 3Assistant professor of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Auditory hallucinations and sleep disturbances are common clinical issue for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Sleep disturbances has been identified as a putative causal factor in the onset and persistence of psychotic experiences. Additionally, mindfulness may have an effect on improving patient’s sleep quality through acting with awareness and being non-judgmental towards oneself following the experience of an event. Aim: Assess the associations between mindfulness of voices, severity of auditory hallucination and quality of sleep among patients with schizophrenia. Settings: The inpatient psychiatric department of Tanta University, and The Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neuro-Surgery Center. Subjects: a convenient sample of 135 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia Tools: Tool I: Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, Tool II: - Southampton Mindfulness of Voices Questionnaire (SMVQ), Tool III: - The Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia Voices Questionnaire (HPSVQ), Tool IV Sleep quality scale (SQS). Results there was a statistically significant positive correlation between mindfulness of voices and sleep quality. On the contrary, a statistically significant negative correlation was detected between severity of voices and sleep quality. Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study it can be concluded that patients with schizophrenia in the present study had low mindfulness of voices which lead to exacerbation of hallucinations and subsequently affect negatively their quality of sleep. Recommendations: Incorporation of mindfulness of voices strategies into daily living activities of the patients to gain benefits from its application either on intensity of hallucination or quality of sleep and other aspects of their life. Implementing mindfulness training intervention to the patients who are suffering from auditory hallucinations to teach them how to apply it in their life. | ||
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