Factors Associated with Insomnia among the Elderly in a Korean Rural Community
Psychiatry Investigation
;
: 400-406, 2017.
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em Inglês
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| ID: wpr-220952
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Sleep disturbance is common in the elderly, which is result from multi-factorial causes encompassing socio-demographic, behavioral, and clinical factors. We aimed to identify factors associated with insomnia among the elderly in a rural community in South Korea, a country with a rapidly growing aged population.METHODS:
This cross-sectional study used the data from the second wave of the Korean Social life, Health and Ageing Project, which is a cohort study of individuals living in a typical rural community in South Korea. Socio-demographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics were obtained through face-to-face interviews. Various factors suspected to be associated with insomnia were compared between elderly participants with and without insomnia, and multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify independent risk factors for insomnia.RESULTS:
We found that 32.4% of 509 participants (72.8±7.7 years old) had insomnia. Female sex [odds ratio (OR)=2.19], low education level (OR=2.44), current smoking (OR=2.26), number of chronic diseases (OR=2.21 for 2–3 chronic diseases; OR=2.06 for 4 or more chronic diseases), and depression (OR=2.53) were independently associated with insomnia.CONCLUSION:
We found that sex, education, chronic disease, and depression independently increase the risk of insomnia of the elderly in a Korean rural community. To overcome the elderly's insomnia, interventions should target modifiable factors such as depression. To promote active aging, longitudinal studies of factors associated with insomnia among the elderly should be performed in different regions and communities.
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Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Fumaça
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Envelhecimento
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Fumar
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Modelos Logísticos
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Doença Crônica
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Estudos Transversais
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Fatores de Risco
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Estudos de Coortes
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Estudos Longitudinais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de incidência
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Psychiatry Investigation
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
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