Sleep disturbance is very common in patient with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on
dialysis. ESRD patients reports a significantly poor subjectively quality of sleep in comparison to
the general population.(ll the most frequently reported complaints are insomnia, restlessness
syndrome, sleep disordered breathing and excessive daytime sleeplessness (EDSi2
) The aim of
this study was to assess the quality of sleep among patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD)
undergoing hemodialysis unit of Assiut University hospital. The sample of study include 108
patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis both male and females. A
structural interview questionnaire sheet was used, it include sociodemographic, Pittsburgh sleep
quality index (PSQI) (Buysse et aI, 1989) was translated into Arabic in order to assess the quality
of sleep among patient with ESRD undergoing hemodialysis. The PSQI is useful in identifYing
good and poor sleepers. A global PSQI score 75 indicate that a person is (poor sleeper). The
results. The mean total and subtotal good and poor scores of PSQI, the mean total score were
(34.3%) were good sleepers and (65.7%) were poor sleepers. Various strategies should be
recommended to improve sleep. Sleep medication, anemia correction more frequent dialysis and
assessment sleep.