DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2025.v13i11.022

Pages: 1926-1931

Background: sleep is one of the contributors to overall health. Several studies worldwide have analyzed the impact of sleep on various health aspects. Objective: In this study we aimed to assess the knowledge of sleep impact on overall health among patients visiting Gharrafat Al Rayyan health center in Qatar. Method: During routine visits a total of 84 patients were surveyed regarding their knowledge of sleep impact on health using a simple questionnaire; asking them about their belief if a sleep disturbance is a leading cause of health related issues, the questionnaire contains questions about: seeking medical visit for sleep issue, belief of sleep disturbance impact on health, sleep duration, quality of sleep, attributing factors of sleep disturbance, history of chronic disease, patient's weight, weight loss attempts. Data were analyzed using a descriptively. Result: Among all 84 patients (51%) believe that sleep has an impact on overall health. Anxiety was the most common choice thought to be related to sleep disturbance. In terms of sleep duration (65%) of patients were sleeping less than 6 hours a day and among all patients’ “fair” sleep quality scored the highest (Graph5). Most impact of sleep disturbance was physical symptoms (57%). Conclusion: This study demonstrates a non-significant difference among patients’ belief about sleep disturbance and its impact on general health, despite relevant findings of statistically significant impact in variable health aspects among patients who sleep less than 6 hours and or low sleep quality.