Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Nocturnal sleep, daytime sleepiness, and quality of life in stable patients on hemodialysis Kathy P Parker*1,3, Nancy G Kutner2, Donald L Bliwise3,1, James L Bailey4 and David B Rye3,1 Address: 1Nell Hodgson Woodruff, School of Nursing, 1520 Clifton Road, USA, 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Renal Division, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 3Department of Neurology, Renal Division, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA and 4Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Email: Kathy P Parker* - kpark04@; Nancy G Kutner - nkutner@; Donald L Bliwise - dbliwis@; James L Bailey - jbailey@; David B. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Nocturnal sleep daytime sleepiness and quality of life in stable patients on hemodialysis Kathy P Parker 1 3 Nancy G Kutner2 Donald L Bliwise3 1 James L Bailey4 and David B Rye3 1 Address 1Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing 1520 Clifton Road USA 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Renal Division Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA 3Department of Neurology Renal Division Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA and 4Department of Medicine Renal Division Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA Email Kathy P Parker - kpark04@ Nancy G Kutner - nkutner@ Donald L Bliwise - dbliwis@ James L Bailey - jbailey@ David B Rye - drye@ Corresponding author Published 21 November 2003 Received 31 July 2003 Accepted 21 November 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1 68 r This article is available from http content 1 1 68 2003 Parker et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background Although considerable progress has been made in the treatment of chronic kidney disease compromised quality of life continues to be a significant problem for patients receiving hemodialysis HD . However in spite of the high prevalence of sleep complaints and disorders in this population the relationship between these problems and quality of life remains to be well characterized. Thus we studied a sample of stable HD patients to explore relationships between quality of life and both subjective and objective measures of nocturnal sleep and daytime sleepiness Methods The sample included forty-six HD patients 24 men and 22 women with a mean age of years. Subjects underwent one night of polysomnography followed the next morning by a Multiple Sleep Latency
