SUBJECTIVE SLEEP QUALITY AND MENTAL FITNESS IN ASTHMATIC-PATIENTS

Asthmatic patients from our outpatient pulmonary clinic were asked to fill out a questionnaire about their sleep and daytime fitness. Sevent y-eight responded. Sixty-five healthy persons served as a control grou p. Patients reported decreased sleep quality, decreased daytime mental fitness, and increased daytime somnolence. There was no relation betw een these features and lung function, bronchial hyperreactivity, or no cturnal asthma. We conclude that these asthmatic patients reported mor e sleep disturbances and daytime somnolence than healthy control perso ns.