Sleep quality and quality of life among the elderly people

What affects the subjective sleep quality of hospitalized elderly patients?

“…This finding was similar to those of studies reporting that older adults' PSQI significantly decreased with age, and that sleep quality was reduced by diseases and environmental changes after hospitalization . The present study showed that older adults with low education levels had significantly low sleep quality, as did the previous studies with elderly inpatients in small and medium hospitals, and older adults at home . As education level is an important factor for maintaining self‐expression and a healthy lifestyle, a low education level decreases the overall quality of life of individuals, including sleep .…”

“…Nevertheless, studies on sleep in elderly inpatients have so far been limited to identifying sleep pattern changes as a result of hospitalization or aging . Most of the studies in Korea have also been carried out only on older adults living in the community or in recuperative facilities .…”

Relationship among health‐related quality of life, depression and awareness of home care services in elderly patients

“…In order to enhance older adults' quality of life, it is now necessary that they should be provided with professional care services at home, and that both the older adults and caregivers should be trained in home care services. 22 In the present study, just half of the participants (54.9%) knew about home care services, and very few (3.5%) had previously received home care services. In the present study, there were no significant differences between the participants depending on their age, educational level and persons living together, in terms of their scores in quality of life.…”

Sleep Problems of Older People in Bangladesh

“…Age was found to be a non-significant factor related to older people of sleep problems, consistent with two other studies' results [12][13][14][15], but inconsistent with another's [16]. The inconsistency could be due to differences between participants' mean ages.…”