Disrupted sleep in a UK heart failure population
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An investigation into the prevalence and severity of disrupted sleep in a UK heart failure population: the association between self-reported sleep quality, disease severity and self management
IRAS ID
135321
Contact name
Jacqueline Cleator
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 30 days
Research summary
Heart failure (HF) occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. It is a serious long term condition (LTC) affecting 1 in 100 people in the UK.Death rates from HF are high and quality of life is often poor with individuals experiencing frequent HF related hospital admissions. HF often co-exists with other LTC such as diabetes. Poor sleep is known to impact significantly on quality of life in individuals with other such LTC, yet little is known about poor sleep in UK HF populations.
The purpose of this study is to characterise self-reported sleep quality in a stable UK HF clinical population, identify important differences (clinical, demographic and psychosocial) between individuals with good and poor sleep quality and understand better the association between a person's sleep quality, the overall severity of their disease and how they manage their condition.
The first stage will be to compare the characteristics of individuals with self-reported poor sleep quality with individuals with good sleep quality. We will determine relationships between poor sleep quality, health status, and psychological states.
We will then determine if there is a relationship between an individual’s sleep quality and the severity of their HF (using standard classification measures) and between their sleep quality and how they manage their condition. We will take psychological, demographic (personal) and clinical factors into account when determining these relationships.
Profiling the extent of sleep problems will a) raise awareness of the potential impact of poor sleep in this population b) determine the need to test the effectiveness of a behavioural sleep intervention c) inform aspects of a proposed intervention.REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SC/1356
Date of REC Opinion
4 Nov 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion