Frecuencia de Insomnio en los pacientes quirúrgicos ingresados en el Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil IESS Ceibos, año 2024 - 2025.

Abstract

Insomnia is a nocturnal problem that manifests itself as difficulty waking up or getting adequate sleep, resulting in a non-restorative quality of rest and significantly affecting the individual's daytime functioning. Objective: To determine the frequency of insomnia in surgical patients admitted to the General Hospital of Northern Guayaquil IESS Ceibos, year 2024 - 2025. Methodology: Descriptive, quantitative, non-observational, prospective, cross-sectional, 50 patients with insomnia. Technique: Survey. Instrument: Questionnaire + Athens Insomnia Scale. Results: Signs and symptoms: 98% nocturnal awakenings, 92% difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep and sleep latency, 86% drowsiness. Extrinsic factor: 94% due to environmental influences, 62% anxiety. Intrinsic: 94% postoperative pain, 90% perceive their sleep as being of poor quality. In severity, the quantitative dimension of difficulty sleeping was moderate to high, because 58% self-rated the induction of sleep and awakening at night as noticeably delayed, 56% woke up much earlier or did not sleep at all, and 40% considered the total duration of rest to be very insufficient; 44% rated their sleep quality as very unsatisfactory or were unable to rest at all, at a severe level; in daytime functioning, 44% reported a noticeable decrease in their well-being during the day, 48% reported that their daytime activities were affected by daytime sleepiness (58%), at a moderate to severe level. Conclusion: It has been shown that insomnia is one of the most significant problems that frequently occurs in post-surgical patients.