Abstract: Objective To investigate the sleep disorder in the stroke inpatients for rehabilitation and research the strategy to improve the sleep disorder.Methods The sleep statuses of 168 stroke inpatients were investigated and recorded.The sleep disorder was set into 4 forms,insomnia,sleep interrupted,over-sleep and sleep reversed.Those with sleep disorder were given certain intervention,including improving the environments,eliminating body discomfort and mental disorder,medicines,and reset the sleep cycle.Their sleep statuses were evaluated again 2 weeks later.Results The incidence of sleep disorder was 60.7%,among which 32.3% for insomnia,22.5% for sleep interrupted,25.5% for over-sleep and 16.7% sleep reversed.It was 32.1% after intervention(P<0.05).Conclusion It is frequent of sleep disorder in stroke patients for rehabilitation.Comprehensive intervention can improve the sleep of them.

Key words: stroke, sleep disorder, rehabilitation