[Sleep quality of elders living in long-term care institutions].
This study was aimed at evaluating sleep quality and identifying sleep related problems among elderly people living in long-term care institutions in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Subjects were 38 cognitively preserved elders living in these institutions for at least a year. Data collection was performed using the following instruments: Identification Form, Katz Index and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality index (PSQI). Results showed that 81.6% of the studied elders reported their sleep quality was good or very good. Nevertheless, there was an elevated frequency of sleep related problems such as: getting up to go to the bathroom (63.2%); getting up in the middle of the night or very early in the morning (50%); feeling too hot (23.7%); feeling pain (21.1%). These findings show an evident contradiction between elders' perception of their sleep quality and the actual elevated number of identified sleep problems.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil. claudia-lysia@ig.com.br
Claudia Lysia de Oliveira
CL
Araújo
Maria Filomena
MF
Ceolim
D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012890:Sleep