Assessment of Sleep Habits and Quality of Sleep among Elderly Residing In Rural Area of Dehradun: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

• Main Authors: Jatin Chaudary (Author), Bhavna Jain (Author), Ajeet Singh Bhadoria (Author), Surekha Kishore (Author), Pradeep Aggarwal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medsci Publications, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 10.5455/njcm.20200227095017; 0976-3325; 2229-6816
• Keywords: Sleep; Sleep disturbance; Elderly; PSQI; quality of sleep; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: National Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 02 (2020)

Context: Elderly have increased frequency of awakenings of longer durations, lower sleep efficiency, early bedtimes and wake times as compared to younger subjects. The study was conducted to assess the quality of sleep using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), sleeping habits and changing sleep pattern among elderly and their associated factors. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of 3 months among all the elderly population residing in village Thano situated in Raipur block of district Dehradun, Uttarakhand. A total of 96 elderly were surveyed. Data was collected on sociodemographic characters of elderly as well as questions on Quality of sleep was asked based on PSQI questionnaire. Data was collected using Epi-collect5 application on phone. Data was analysed and presented utilizing appropriate statistical methods. Results: Among the 96 elderly, 57.3% of the participants were females and 40.6% were from 60-69-year age group. The mean PSQI score was 5.6±1.9. Sleep quality was poor among females, smokers, widow and those with no physical activity. With advancing age sleep quality came out to be significantly poor. Conclusions: Sleep disturbances are commonly seen among the elderly. Treatment of primary sleep problems can improve the quality of life.