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Factors that disturb sleep in nursing home residents
Author(s)	A Gentili, D K Weiner, M Kuchibhatla
Journal title	Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 9, no 3, June 1997
Pages	pp 207-213
Keywords	Sleep disorders ; Sleep behaviour ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The purpose of this US cross-sectional survey was to examine subjective sleep quality, and identify factors that disturb sleep in cognitively intact nursing home (NH) residents. The authors interviewed 51 cognitively intact NH residents using a validated instrument, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Questions regarding the environment, symptoms suggestive of restless leg syndrome, and periodic leg movements were also asked. 73% of subjects were identified as `poor' sleepers. Factors that disturbed their sleep three or more times a week were: nocturia (71%), environment-related noise or light (38%), pain (33%), feeling too hot (6%), and leg cramps (65%). On multiple regression analysis, poor sleep correlated with depressive symptoms and comorbidity, not with age or gender. Poor sleep quality is common among cognitively intact NH residents, and these findings should be kept in mind when evaluating sleep complaints in the nursing home. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980423221 A
Classmark	CTS: CG: KX: LHB: 3KB: 7T
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