Sleep disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
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A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 255 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated at Bach Mai Hospital from July 2025 to April 2026. We aimed to describe sleep disorders condition of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. 54.1% of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus had sleep disorders. 62.3% of patients over 60 years old had sleep. The average night-time sleep duration was 3.9 ± 1.3 hours. There were 63.8% of patients had sleep interruption 1 - 2 times per night. Very poor sleep efficiency (≤ 65%) was recorded in 70.3% of patients. The most common clinical phenotype of sleep disorders was insomnia, representing 87.0%, followed by restless legs syndrome at 11.6%, and circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders at 1.4%. The mean PSQI score of the study population was 8.7 ± 5.2.
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Sleep disorders, insomnia, type 2 diabetes mellitus
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