The effect of fara darmani on sleep quality in students of azad university, islamshahr branch

The present study aims at investigating the effect of Faradarmani (ultra therapy) on sleep quality in students of Azad University, Islamshahr Branch. In so doing, 30 students voluntarily participated in the study and they were randomly divided into experimental and cintrol groups – 15 people in each group. First of all, the two groups were asked to fill out the personal information questionnaire and Petersburg sleep quality questionnaire which encorporates 18 questions about sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleep medication. Then, ultra therapy method was applied to the experimental group for 6 months –15 to 30 min per night –whereas the control group received no treatment. Afterward, the two groups filled out the same questionnaires. As the last phase of the study, descriptive statistics was used to determine central tendency, and the validity of the questionnaires was tested through Cronbach's alpha test. As for normal distribution of data and comparison of sleep quality of the two groups Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and dependent T-test (SPSS 21) were used, respectively. The study yielded the result that 2-month ultra therapy program impacts on participants’ subjective sleep quality (P=0/000), sleep latency (P=0/001), sleep duration (P=0/005), habitual sleep efficiency (P=0/003), sleep disturbances (P=0/000), use of sleep medication (P=0/001), and daytime dysfunction (P=0/000).