The Relationship of Quality of Sleep, Depression, Late-Life Function and Disability (LLFDI) in Community-Dwelling Older Women with Urinary Incontinence.
10.4040/jkan.2008.38.4.573
- Author:
Kyung Rim SHIN
1
;
Younhee KANG
;
Jiwon OAK
Author Information
1. College of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. krshin@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Comparative Study ; English Abstract ; Randomized Controlled Trial
- Keywords:
Urinary incontinence;
Sleep;
Activities of Daily Living;
Depression
- MeSH:
Activities of Daily Living;
Aged;
Aged, 80 and over;
Chi-Square Distribution;
*Depression;
Female;
Humans;
Quality of Life;
Questionnaires;
Residence Characteristics;
Sleep;
Sleep Disorders/prevention & control/*psychology;
Translating;
Urinary Incontinence/physiopathology/*psychology
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2008;38(4):573-581
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among quality of sleep, depression, late-life function and disability in community-dwelling older women with urinary incontinence. METHODS: A stratified random sampling method was conducted to recruit participants from May 10 to August 17, 2007. Data were collected by questionnaires, which were constructed to include lower urinary tract symptoms, quality of sleep, depression, and late-life function and disability in 128 community-dwelling older women. RESULTS: The major findings of this study were as follow: 1) 56.3% of participants belonged to urinary incontinence group. 2) There were significant relationships between depression and sleep latency, sleep duration, daytime dysfunction, quality of sleep, function component, frequency dimension, and limitation dimension. 3) Depression was significantly associated with frequency dimension, limitation dimension in capability which explained 44% of variance in depression. CONCLUSION: These results may contribute to a better understanding of sleep quality, depression, latelife function and disability in the community-dwelling older women with urinary incontinence. Therefore, health programs for prompting older women's health should be planned based on results of the study.
