Background: Sleep is a state of reduced consciousness and responsiveness from which an individual can be aroused by external stimulus. In humans, is also associated with reduced movement. It enables to restore energy in the body and initiate neural plasticity for learning and memory. Several studies in the world identified poor sleep quality among nurses and tried to explore associated factors. But there is no any study in Ethiopia on sleep quality and associated factors among nurses. Objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of sleep quality and associated factors among nurses in Jimma zone public hospitals. Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted on 550 nurses from June 1 to July 1, 2018. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaire; sleep quality was measured using PSQI which is standard validated tool. Collected data was checked for completeness, entered Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS Version 20.0. Frequencies, means and percentages were used for the descriptive analysis of data. Bivariate analysis was done to select candidate variables. Variables having p
Key words: Sleep quality, nurses, prevalence, associated factors, sleep disturbances, Jimma zone
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