SLEEP SATISFACTION OF OLDER ADULTS LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY AND RELATED FACTORS (DEPRESSION).
Contributors: Case Western Reserve University.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Gerontology.; Psychology, Developmental.
Description: The purpose of this study was to explore different aspects of sleep found to be most important to understand sleep satisfaction and to identify behavioral and health factors associated with sleep satisfaction among older adults living in the community. The sleep satisfaction model used for this study was derived from Webb's (1988) theoretical model on sleep and prior theoretical and empirical considerations in congruence with Henderson's nursing perspective of human beings.

A descriptive correlational design was employed with a convenience sample of 130 elders who were members of a Golden Age Center of Greater Cleveland. The sample included 102 women and 24 men over 65 years of age who were functionally and socially active and who did not suffer from any particular acute illnesses.

Sleep satisfaction was measured with the Cantril self-anchoring ladder and the PSQI. Descriptive analyses indicated that only a small proportion of the participants were not satisfied with sleep. Sleep patterns varied greatly from one individual to another one. Total sleep time averaged 6 hours and 15 minutes, sleep latency averaged 25 minutes, and nocturnal awakenings averaged 1.96. Among the participants, more than 40% were not usual nappers and the others were occasional and frequent nappers. Most participants considered that their overall sleep quality as fairly or very good. In addition, mean scores for indicators of quality of wakefulness were above 6 on Likert scales.

Correlational analyses indicated that sleep patterns, quality of sleep and quality of wakefulness were related to sleep satisfaction. Sleep satisfaction was highly related to the total amount of sleep, the number of awakenings, the depth of sleep, and the overall quality of sleep. Sleep satisfaction was moderately related to sleep latency, movement perceived during sleep, restfulness upon awakening, and restfulness, alertness, and wakefulness during the day.

Several significant relationships between variables depicted in the model of sleep satisfaction were found. Symptoms of depression, anxiety, the number of illnesses, and the number of drugs used were significantly related to sleep satisfaction. However, hierarchical regression analyses indicated that only depression was significantly associated with sleep satisfaction.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-11, Section: B, page: 6038.

Thesis (PH.D.)--CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, 1995.

School code: 0042.