Sleep Quality And Related Factors Among The Urban Elderly In Changsha City, Hunan Province

Objective:The primary puroses of this article were to investigate the sleep qulity and related factors among the elderly in Changsha city to enhance my provincial level and contribute to Medicare, while improving the quality of life of patients and reduce medical expenses and provide an important community resource consumption basis.Methods:Totally 500 elderly people (aged 60 years and over) were randomly cluster selected from Furong District,Kaifu District, Tianxin District, Yuhua District, Yuelu district,who were interviewed with questionnaires from August 2008 to December 2010.The questionnire named "Sleep Questionnaire for elderly cadre in Hunan Province."has made significant improvements on Basing on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI),Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)% Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI),Life Satisfaction Index A (LSIA) and Social Support Scale (SSRS).The investigations were going on by the medical staff that was trained through the elderly people. One person was responsible for aquestionnaire from one person. After collecting and sorting data SPSS 13.0 software package was used for statistical description and analysis.Results:The average PSQI score of the 422 (M=219, F=203) aged people was 8.03±2.67.Persons whose sleep conditions were graded as well,common or poor were accounted for 126 (29.86%),104 (24.64%), 192 (45.50%).Sleep problems in the incidence of the individual:daytime dysfunction50.47%,sleep efficiency42.41%,sleep time40.28%, subjective sleep quality35.3%,the time to fall sleep 35.3%, sleep disorders 14.22% and sleep medicines 12.09%. Sleep quality was negatively correlated with age (p<0.05).Sleep quality were well in older men than older women (p<0.05).The persons who have regular exercise and leisure activities have higher sleep quality than those who do not (p<0.05). People who are heathy have higher sleep quality than the people who are ill (p<0.05).People who are no depression have higher sleep quality than those who have depression (p<0.05), and GDS score of older women is higher than men, GDS score was negatively correlated with sleep quality (p<0.05). B AI score of older women is higher than men (p<0.05), B AI scores were negatively correlated with sleep quality.Life satisfaction is positively correlated with sleep quality (p<0.05).Social support was positively correlated with sleep quality (p<0.05),and social support and objective level of utilization of social support of women is higher than men (p<0.05)Conclusion:The data showed that it was unsatisfactory on the quality of sleep among the elderly in Changsha city. Elderly sleep quality decreased with age, and sleep quality of women is worse than men. Active exercise,a rich amateur life,cure diseases,improve mood,social support will help strengthen the quality of sleep and improved quality of life.