An investigation on sleeping conditions and factors related to insomnia in the elderly aged 60 years and over in Shanghai community
- VernacularTitle:上海市社区60岁及以上人群睡眠状况调查及相关因素分析
- Author:
Jie GU
;
Sun-Fang JIANG
;
Shan-Zhu ZHU
;
Jian-Lin JI
;
Nai-Qing ZHAO
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders;
Prevalence;
Cross-sectional studies
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2005;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study sleeping conditions and relevant factors for insomnia in the elderly people aged 60 years and over in the community of Shanghai,China.Methods A cross-sectional study on sleeping condition by questionnaire was conducted among 2789 elderly people aged 60 years and over during July to October 2005 in seven neighborhood committees of Jing'an District,Shanghai,China,with cluster sampling.Results Totally,2304 elderly people completed the study questionnaire with a response rate of 82.61%.Prevalence of insomnia was 14.84% (342/2304) in the elderly.Logistic regression analysis showed that age increasing (OR=1.02),female (OR=2.20),drinking before sleeping (OR=2.98), room light (OR=3.89),noise (OR=1.95),diabetes (OR=1.82),hypertension (OR=1.49),stroke (OR=1.65),osteoporosis (OR=1.76) and number of afflicted chronic diseases (OR=1.43) all were risk factors for insomnia in the elderly (P
