title: Postmenopausal Women's Quality of Sleep and its Related Factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To asses self-reported sleep disturbance and its associated factors in 50-60-year-old Menopause women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross sectional study included 700 healthy 50-60-year-old women volunteers who were postmenopausal for at least 1 year. The volunteers were interviewed after providing informed consent. The study questioner included two main aspects: Personal characteristics and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Data were analyzed by using SPSS 14 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean sleep scale score was 7.84 ± 4.4. Significant correlations had seen between sleep disturbance and characteristics of occupational status, educational status, husband's occupational status, and economical status, and (P = 0.002). There were no significant correlation between sleep disturbance and other personal characteristics, such as age; partner's age; number of children; family size; consumption of tea, coffee, or cola.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sleep disturbance is common in menopausal women. Taking into account the sleep-related personal characteristics, suitable interventions should be taken to improve sleep quality, which is a very important for maintaining the quality of life.
authors: Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine (RICM), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Simin
authors: S
authors: Taavoni
authors: Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Neda Nazem
authors: NN
authors: Ekbatani
authors: Faculty of Management and Medical Information Science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Hamid
authors: H
authors: Haghani
keywords: Menopause; related factors; sleep quality