Sleep Quality Of Elders Living In Long-term Care Institutions [qualidade Do Sono De Idosos Residentes Em Instituição De Longa Permanência]

This study was aimed at evaluating sleep quality and identifying sleep related problems among elderly people living in longterm 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.443619626Veras, R., Fórum Envelhecimento populacional e as informações de saúde do PNAD: demandas e desafios contemporâneos: introdução (2007) Cad Saúde Pública, 23 (10), pp. 2463-2466Alessi, C.A., Martin, J.L., Webber, A.P., Kim, E.C., Harker, J.O., Josephson, K.R., Randomized, controlled trial of a nonpharmacological intervention to improve abnormal sleep/wake patterns in nursing home residents (2005) J Am Geriatr Soc, 53 (5), pp. 803-810Alessi, A.C., Schnelle, F.J., Approach to sleep disorders in the nursing home setting (2000) Sleep Med Rev, 4 (1), pp. 45-46Katz, S., Ford, A.B., Moskowitz, R.W., Jackson, B.A., Jaffe, M.W., The index of ADL: a standardized measure of biological and psychosocial function (1963) JAMA, 185 (12), pp. 914-919Buysse, D.J., Reynolds C.F. 3rd, Monk, T.H., Berman, S.R., Kupfer, D.J., The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: a new instrument for psychiatric practice and research (1989) Psychiatry Res, 28 (2), pp. 193-213Diogo, M.J.D., Duarte, Y.A.O., Cuidados em domicílio: conceitos e práticas (2002) Tratado de geriatria e gerontologia, pp. 133-150. , Freitas EV, Py L, Neri AL, Cançado FAX, Gorzoni ML, Rocha SM, organizadoras. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara KooganAraújo, M.O.P.H., Ceolim, M.F., Avaliação do grau de independência de idosos residentes em instituições de longa permanência (2007) Rev Esc Enferm USP, 41 (3), pp. 378-385Gentili, A., Weiner, D.K., Kuchibhatil, M., Edinger, J.D., Factors that disturb sleep in nursing home residents (1997) Aging (Milano), 9 (3), pp. 207-213Voyer, P., Verreault, R., Mengue, P.N., Morin, C.M., Prevalence of insomnia and its associated factors in elderly long-term care residents (2006) Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 42 (1), pp. 1-20Crowley, K., Colrain, I.M., Self-reported sleep patterns and daytime sleepiness in the neurologically healthy aged (2000) J Sleep Res, 9 (1), pp. 97-98Asplund, R., Nocturia: consequences for sleep and daytime activities and associated risks (2005) Eur Urol Suppl, 3 (6), pp. 24-32Corrêa, K., Ceolim, M.F., Qualidade do sono em pacientes idosos com patologias vasculares periféricas (2008) Rev Esc Enferm USP, 42 (1), pp. 12-18Lenfant, C., The interdependence of sleep and health: a commentary (2006) Metabol Clin Exp, 55 (SUPPL 2), pp. S50-S53Vela-Bueno, A., De Iceta, M., Fernández, C., Prevalence of sleep disorders in Madrid, Spain (1999) Gac Sanit, 13 (6), pp. 441-448Gooneratne, N.S., Weaver, T.E., Cater, J.R., Pack, F.M., Arner, H.M., Greenberg, A.S., Functional outcomes of excessive daytime sleepiness in older adults (2003) J Am Geriatr Soc, 51 (5), pp. 642-649Floyd, J.A., Sleep and aging (2002) Nurs Clin North Am, 37 (4), pp. 719-731Foley, D.J., Monjan, A.A., Brown, S.L., Simonsick, E.M., Wallace, R.B., Blazer, D.G., Sleep complaints among elderly persons: an epidemiologic study of three communities (1995) Sleep, 18 (6), pp. 425-432Makhlouf, M.M., Ayoub, A.I., Abdel-Fattah, M.M., Insomnia symptoms and their correlates among the elderly in geriatric homes in Alexandria (2007) Egypt. Sleep Breath., 11 (3), pp. 187-19