Abstract: Objective To study the characteristics of sleep disorders in patients with stroke.Methods 350 patients with stroke were evaluated with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Neurofunction Deficit Score (NDS).Results The familiar sleep disorders in stroke patients were difficulty to fall asleep, early to awake, hard to keep the sleep long, with inordinate sleep structure, excess sleep in daytime, paroxysmal nona. The incidence rate of sleep disorder in female cases was higher than that of the male cases ( P<0.05).Conclusion The incidence of dyssomnia in stroke patients is higher than that of common people. As a whole,the incidence of dyssomnia in female stroke patients is higher than male. The incidence of sleep disorders such as difficulty to fall asleep, early to awake, hard to keep the sleep long, with inordinate sleep structure in female stroke patients is higher than that of male patients. The incidence of sleep disorders such as excess sleep in daytime, paroxysmal nona in male stroke patients is higher than that of female patients.

Key words: stroke, sleep, sleep disorder