Sleep Status of People in Nursing Home and Related Factors

Journal of gerontology and geriatric research Pub Date : 2017-06-10 DOI:10.4172/2167-7182.1000433

C. B. Okuyan

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Abstract

Background: Sleeping problems in the elderly are an important health problem in the growing elderly population and an important public health problem that needs to be solved in order to improve the quality of life and improve health conditions. Aim: Investigation of sleep status and related factors in the elderly residing in nursing homes. Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 124 elderly individuals were taken. The research data were collected using an introductory information form. Number, percentage distributions, mean, standard deviation, t test and oneway variance analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Results: 50.8% of the elderly participated in the survey, 44.4% are in the 71 to 80 age group, 30.6% are not illiterate, 81.5% have at least one chronic illness, of the patients are hypertension. It was determined that 58.1% of the elderly individuals had a sleeping problem, 60.5% slept for 1 to 5 hours a day, 65.3% slept during daytime and 63.7% did not feel rested after waking up. Conclusions: The vast majority of elderly people living in nursing homes are experiencing sleep problems. It is important for elderly people to be educated and counseled in order to solve the sleeping problem and for the elderly people to be aware of the behaviors that may cause sleeping problems to prevent/reduce the sleeping problem.

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老年人睡眠状况及相关因素分析

背景:老年人睡眠问题是日益增长的老年人口面临的重要健康问题，也是提高生活质量、改善健康状况需要解决的重要公共卫生问题。目的:调查老年人睡眠状况及相关因素。方法:在这个横断面研究中，选取了124名老年人。研究数据是通过介绍性信息表格收集的。数据分析采用数分布、百分比分布、均值、标准差、t检验和单向方差分析。结果:参加调查的老年人占50.8%，71 ~ 80岁年龄组占44.4%，非文盲占30.6%，至少有一种慢性病的占81.5%，高血压占81.5%。结果表明，58.1%的老年人存在睡眠问题，60.5%的人每天睡眠时间为1 ~ 5小时，65.3%的人白天睡觉，63.7%的人醒来后感觉没有休息好。结论:绝大多数住在养老院的老年人都有睡眠问题。对老年人进行教育和咨询，以解决睡眠问题，并让老年人意识到可能导致睡眠问题的行为，以预防/减少睡眠问题是很重要的。

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