The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of poor sleep quality and its determinants in people with schizophrenia in Northwest Ethiopia.

Institutional-based cross-sectional study design.

University of Gondar, Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia.

A total of 405 people with schizophrenia attending outpatient treatment at University of Gondar, Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital were recruited in this study employing systematic random sampling technique from 1 April to 30 May 2024.

An interviewer-administered questionnaire and chart review were used to collect the data. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Clinical Global Impression-Schizophrenia Scale, Glasgow Antipsychotic Side-Effects Scale, Medication Adherence Report Scale and Oslo Social Support Scale were used. A binary logistic regression was employed to measure the association of poor sleep quality and its determinants and variables with a p value of

The overall prevalence of poor sleep quality in people with schizophrenia was found to be 58.3% with a 95% CI 53.38 to 63. Age less than 45 years (adjusted OR (AOR)=2.1, 95% CI 1.2 to 3.7), poor and moderate social support (AOR=10, 95% CI 5.7 to 17.8 and AOR=4.7, 95% CI 2.5 to 8.8), poor medication adherence (AOR=1.9, 95% CI 1.8 to 3.1) and a family history of mental illness (AOR=1.9, 95% CI 1.2 to 3.3) were significantly associated with poor sleep quality in this study.

This study revealed that around six in 10 people with schizophrenia experience poor sleep quality. Therefore, healthcare providers should routinely screen people with schizophrenia for sleep and consider targeted interventions to achieve the ultimate goal of treatment process.

This study aimed to assess the pattern of disease and predictors of mortality among critically ill geriatric patients admitted to the intensive care unit at a teaching hospital.

A single-centre retrospective cohort study.

Medical-surgical intensive care unit of Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

We enrolled 296 critically ill patients (age 60+) admitted to the intensive care unit who stayed for more than 2 hours. Those patients with missing or incomplete records were excluded.

The primary outcome of this study was the time to death within 30 days following intensive care unit admission.

In this cohort, the overall mortality rate of geriatric patients in the intensive care unit was found to be 42.9%. The incidence rate of mortality was 6.3 deaths per 100 person-days observation. Acute kidney injury (adjusted HR=2.36, 95% CI: 1.16, 3.68), coexisting diseases (adjusted HR=1.66, 95% CI: 1.13, 2.42), the presence of shock (adjusted HR=2.27, 95% CI: 1.66, 4.53) and mechanical ventilation (adjusted HR=1.82, 95% CI: 1.14, 2.89) were predictors of mortality in the intensive care unit.

The mortality rate in the intensive care unit among geriatric patients was high. Predictors of mortality in this population of critically ill geriatric patients included acute kidney injury, the presence of shock, coexisting diseases and mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit.