title: Comparison of quality of sleep, depression, and life satisfaction between older adults in nursing homes and long-term care hospitals in Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the present study was to identify the sleep quality, depression, and life satisfaction between nursing home and long-term care hospital residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was collected through a structured questionnaire survey of 61 nursing home residents and 74 long-term care hospital residents. Descriptive statistics, t-test, χ2-test, anova, Pearson's correlation were used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The residents living in a nursing home showed higher subjective health status and sleep quality than long-term care hospital residents. Depression did not show a significant difference between them. However, there was a significant difference in depression score by subjective health status. Sleep quality and depression showed a significant negative correlation for both residents. In terms of depression and life satisfaction, nursing home residents showed a significant negative correlation, and long-term care hospital residents showed a significant positive correlation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results show that environmental management is essential to enhance sleep quality, thus depression and subjective health status will be improved. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017; 17: 142-149.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Kon Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Hee
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: depression; life satisfaction; nursing home; older adults; quality of sleep