Abstract:
The purposes of this descriptive research were to study of sleep, mental health status and related factors among outpatients of Thai traditional medicine and alternative medicine at Chao PhyaAbhaibhubejhr hospital. The sample was 110 outpatients of Chao PhyaAbhaibhubejhr hospital. The instruments were demographic data, The Thai-mental health indicator, The Pittsburgh sleep quality index, The life stressful event questionnaires and Coping scale 36 coping behaviors. Statistic analysis was done by using SPSS for windows. The data were analyzed for percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square and Pearsons product moment correlation coefficient. The major findings were as followed: Prevalence rate of poor quality of sleep in outpatients were 40.0%. The Thai-mental health indicator scores indicated that 69.1% of subjects had lower-normal mental health. The quality of sleep had not related to mental health and the factors related to quality of sleep included marital status and stressful events about change in financial state, change in living conditions, worries about child care, experienced discrimination because of illness, felt ill frequently and experienced pain frequently. The factors significantly related to mental health status were found to be age, stressful event about change in residence, confrontive coping behavior and emotive coping behavior. The results of this study could be used as guideline to manage and promoting sleep in outpatients of Thai tradition medicine and alternative medicine, including mental health promotion and coping skill for better mental health.