睡眠在新陳代謝及生理恆定上扮演一個重要的決定及調節因素。糖尿病患者是易產生睡眠障礙的 高危險族群之一，若合併有睡眠品質低落者則容易導致糖尿病的惡化。本文目的以文獻回顧方式整理糖 尿病患族群失眠盛行率及型態、睡眠與血糖控制的生理機轉及影響糖尿病患者睡眠品質的相關因素，其 結果可做為臨床照護糖尿病患者有關睡眠問題的參考。

Sleep plays an important role and adjustment factor on the metabolism and physiological homeostasis. The patients with diabetes are one of the high-risk groups of sleeping disturbance. Diabetes combining with poor sleep quality may lead to a deterioration of diabetes control. The purpose of this article is to review the prevalence and pattern of insomnia in patients with diabetes, the physiological mechanism of sleep quality as a transfer and affecting factors of glycemic control in patients with diabetes. We hope this review could serve as a reference for the clinical caregivers to improve diabetes-related sleep problems management.