The Effect of Sleep Hygiene Given to Epilepsy Patients on Seizure Frequency and Sleep Quality

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

Epilepsy is a disease that can be seen in everyone, including neurological, chronic, elderly
 and children. An estimated 50 million people in the world have epilepsy, patients have a
 history of two or more seizures, the exact cause is unknown, it negatively affects home, work
 and school life, and it directs individuals from their independent roles to semi-dependent
 and fully dependent roles (Smith & Wagner & Jonathan, 2015). Neuronal networks
 hypersynchronization develops epileptic seizures, can cause insomnia, and sleep quality may
 decrease with drug treatment (Sünter and Ağan, 2019). NREM sleep causes seizures through the
 ictal and interactive effect of sleep (Alp and Altındağ, 2014). Insomnia increases seizure
 discharges, neurological and systemic complications may develop, and serious morbidity and
 mortality may occur (Özer, 2005). Epilepsy patients frequently experience daytime sleepiness
 and nighttime insomnia (Gümüşyayla and Vural, 2017). Complementary medical approaches are
 also recommended along with drug treatment. Sleep hygiene training is recommended for sleep
 health in epilepsy as in chronic diseases. With good sleep health, symptoms can be eliminated
 and sequelae can be prevented by reducing epileptic discharges (Gammino at all., 2016).
 Quality sleep is essential for physiological and psychological health, and sleep disorders
 can be corrected with sleep hygiene training (Günaş, 2018). Randomized studies including
 sleep hygiene training are needed to prevent seizure recurrences, prevent or treat comorbid
 psychological diseases, and improve life activities of epilepsy patients (Lee at all., 2015).
 One-third of people's lives are spent in sleep, regular and adequate sleep protects
 physiological and psychological health, sleep hygiene training contributes to the recovery of
 sleep disorders and accompanying psychological comorbid diseases, sleep hygiene training is
 cost-free and easy to implement, where daily activities and behaviors are regulated,
 appropriate environmental conditions are provided. By regulating the circadian rhythm,
 melatonin is released during sleep at night and sleep disorders are prevented by preventing
 excessive cortisol release (http://www.psikiyatri.net/uyku-hijyeni / Access date: 28 May
 2022; Alp and Altındağ, 2014; Güneş, 2018). . No research has been found on sleep hygiene
 training to relieve sleep deprivation, which is common in epilepsy patients. With good sleep
 hygiene, sleep and quality of life can be improved and epileptic seizures can be prevented or
 reduced.
 
 Purpose of the research; To determine the effect of sleep hygiene training given to epilepsy
 patients on seizure frequency and sleep quality. Non-drug clinical research is an
 experimentally planned research with a pre-test post-test control group trial model.