Factors Associated with Quality of Sleep among Community Elderly：Case Study in a Residential Military Community

• Main Authors: Chia-Yu Chang, 張家瑜
• Other Authors: Chi-Ho Hsu , RN , PhD
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04201881513149223359

碩士 === 國立台北護理學院 === 護理研究所 === 97 === Health status, depression, sleep quality and its main demographic determinants were assessed in elderly veterans and their spouse residing in a residential military community in Central Taiwan. A face-to-face interview to collect data on socio-demographics, depressive mood (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale , CES-D) and sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI) was carried out by a public health nurse through home visit. A total of 152 participants completed this survey. The results indicated that the average age of them was 79.03 years, 26.1% lived alone, perceived themselves in moderate to good health , 34.9% were diagnosed with at least 3 kinds of chronic diseases, and 57.9% were bothered by disease-related symptoms. 38.2% of the participants were identified with depressive mood. In addition, 50.7% reported poor sleep quality. Results from the hierarchical regression analysis revealed that number of medication taken and severity of depressive mood explained 40.3% of variance for sleep quality. Our study clearly demonstrates that depressive mood is the main factor influencing sleep quality.