The Effect of Postoperative Pain Level on Sleep Quality in Patients who Undergo Major Urological Surgery

This study was conducted to examine the effect of postoperative pain level on sleep quality in patients who undergo major urological surgery.The research was carried out as a descriptive-sectional study between January -September 2021. The population of the study consisted of 120 patients who underwent major urological surgery in the urology clinic of a research hospital at the same time, and the sample consisted of 107 patients who met the inclusion criteria of the study. Data were collected using the "Patient Description Form", "Numeric Rating Scale" and "Richards-Campbell Sleep Scale". For statistical analysis of data, IBM SPSS Statistics 25 (IBM SPSS, Turkey) program was used. Before starting the study, necessary ethics committee and institutional permission were obtained. It was determined that the average of the pain level of the patients was above the moderate level before the second dose of painkillers (5.99±3.21) after the surgery, and the total score of the RCSQ (320.19±128.07) was above the moderate level. It was determined that as the pain level of the patients increased, the sleep quality decreased (p