TY - JOUR T1 - Relationship between sleep quality and quality of life in women with low bone mineral density JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.sleepandbreathing-2017.P88 VL - 3 IS - suppl 1 SP - P88 AU - Nur Selin Ozturk AU - Rengin Demir AU - Nihal Sakalli AU - Sansin Tuzun Y1 - 2017/04/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/3/suppl_1/P88.abstract N2 - Background and Aim Osteoporosis can cause problems such as anxiety and depression by causing physical discomfort, which can cause sleep problems. The purpose of this study is to evaluate sleep quality in individuals with low bone mineral density and to investigate the relationship between sleep quality and quality of life.Methods Twenty-two women (osteoporosis (14), osteopenia(8) ) with low bone mineral density were included in the study. All the patients bone mineral density were measured with dual-energy X-ray absorbtiometry (DEXA). The Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to assess patients' sleep quality. The Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO-41) and the Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) were used to assess quality of life.Results The mean age of the patients were 54.7±8.84 years. Twelve patients (54.5%) had sleep disturbances and ten patients (45%) had no sleep disturbances. There were significant correlations between PUKI total score and QUALEFFO-41 pain scores (r: 0,47, p: 0.03), QUALEFFO-41 total score (r: 0,42; p: 0,04), SF-36 emotional role score (R: -0,43; p: 0,04).Conclusions In conclusion, we can say that sleep quality is affected by female patients with decreased bone mineral density and sleep disturbance affects the quality of life according to the data of this study. ER -