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Abstract : Background: Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most serious health problem that arise from poor sleep quality. Objective: Objectives of the study were 1. Identify relationship between the sleep quality and glycemic control among patients with type II Diabetes Mellitus. 2. Determine association of sleep quality and glycemic control with selected socio demographic and clinical variables. Materials and Method: A Non-Experimental descriptive study was conducted among 200 Type II diabetic patients attending Endocrinology OPD at atertiary care hospital, Kochi. Subjects were selected using convenient and purposive sampling. Data were collected by using Tool 1: Structured Questionnaire and Tool 2: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Tool 3: Recent FBS and HbA1C Scoring Results: The study found that there is a borderline significance (p value of 0.046) (?2=6.1773) with uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1C >6.5) and poor sleep quality (PSQI >5)but the correlation of FBS and PSQI was insignificant (p value of 0.319) (?2=2.283). Moreover females were the groups with poor sleep quality when compared to males (p value of 0.022) (?2=5.227) and the co morbidities (P=0.049(?2=3.885) and duration of illness within 4-8years (p value =0.027) (?2=7.217) presents positive correlation with the PSQI values. Conclusion: Diabetes Mellitus being a metabolic disorder, it affects various physiologic process. The one among being sleep. So by better glycemic control, it will pay a way to have good sleep quality.