The Effect of Sleep Hygiene Education on Sleep Quality in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Preliminary Study.

To identify the effect of sleep hygiene education on sleep quality in children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM), a quasi-experiment with control group and pretest-posttest design was conducted. Samples of 46 children with T1DM in IKADAR were assigned into intervention (n = 23) and control (n = 23). The intervention group received sleep hygiene education for 10 minutes via video, then applied for 3 days. Respondents completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Indonesian version (pretest) and were evaluated on the third day (posttest). There was a significant difference in sleep quality score rate (p < 0.001) pre and post-intervention in the intervention group and no significant difference (p = 0.833) in the control group. There was a significant difference in sleep quality score rate between intervention and control group after intervention (p = 0.001). Sleep hygiene can improve sleep quality in children with T1DM; therefore, it can be implemented as a nursing intervention to overcome sleep disorder in children with T1DM.