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Assessment of Factors Affecting Sleep Quality in Geriatric Patients: A Cross-sectional Single Centre Study

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Abstract

Background

Poor sleep quality in older adults can lead to poorer quality of life.

Purpose

To identify the predominant factors that best predict sleep quality amongst older adults.

Methods

A prospective cross-sectional study was carried out among 310 older adults (≥ 60 years) in the Department of General Medicine of a tertiary care hospital for a duration of 6 months. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire and a validated data collection form were used to gather the data and assessed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.

Results

Out of 310 older adults, 71.3% belonged to the age group 60–69 years, of which 59.0% were males. The prevalence of poor sleep quality (Global Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, GPSQI > 5) was 36.8%. There was a significant association between poor sleep quality and factors such as a history of the treatment of medical illness (P = 0.003), present living status such as living with a spouse (P = 0.008) and living alone (P = 0.047), age groups 60–69 (P = 0.019) and 70–79 years (P = 0.028), medical conditions such as hyperlipidemia (P = 0.025), help needed for Activities of daily living (ADL) (P = 0.028), and environmental factors such as noise and light (P = 0.039).

Conclusion

A considerable percentage of older adults in our demographic experience poor sleep. Hence, it is necessary to increase awareness among the public and healthcare providers, encourage healthcare providers to screen for sleep quality and provide education on sleep hygiene and interventions to help resolve problems with sleep.

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Conceptualization: SMG; Methodology; UPN and CS; Data Collection: EST, GM, P; Data Analysis: SMG and UPN; Manuscript writing: EST, GM, P; Supervision: SMG and CS. SMG holds the final responsibility for the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

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Thomas, E.S., Mathew, G., Prajnashree et al. Assessment of Factors Affecting Sleep Quality in Geriatric Patients: A Cross-sectional Single Centre Study. Sleep Vigilance (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41782-023-00260-5

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