Abdel Rahman Tomader Taha, El Gaafary Maha Mohammed
Geriatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2014 Jul;14(3):613-9. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12145. Epub 2013 Sep 11.
Nocturia is such a commonplace occurrence in the lives of many older adults that it is frequently overlooked as a potential cause of sleep disturbance. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of nocturia among elderly men living in a rural area in Egypt, and its impact on sleep quality and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 1200 elderly men participated in the survey. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Arabic version and the short form-36 (SF-36) were used in this survey.
The prevalence of nocturia in the studied participants (≥ 1 void/night) was 63.5%. With the criterion (≥ 2 voids/night) the prevalence was 46.0%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that nocturia is an independent risk factor of poor sleep quality (OR 5.08), and poor sleep is an independent risk factor of the poor physical component of QoL (OR 17.6) and the mental component of QoL (OR 3.2).
Nocturia is widely prevalent among elderly men living in a rural area in Egypt. The adverse effect of nocturia on QoL is related to poor sleep.
夜尿症在许多老年人的生活中十分常见，以至于它常被忽视，未被视为睡眠障碍的潜在原因。本研究的目的是评估埃及农村地区老年男性夜尿症的患病率，及其对睡眠质量和健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）的影响。
这是一项横断面研究。共有1200名老年男性参与了调查。本调查使用了匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）阿拉伯语版本和简短健康调查问卷（SF-36）。
研究参与者中夜尿症（≥每晚排尿1次）的患病率为63.5%。以每晚排尿≥2次为标准，患病率为46.0%。多因素逻辑回归分析表明，夜尿症是睡眠质量差的独立危险因素（比值比5.08），而睡眠质量差是生活质量身体维度差（比值比17.6）和生活质量心理维度差（比值比3.2）的独立危险因素。
夜尿症在埃及农村地区的老年男性中广泛流行。夜尿症对生活质量的不利影响与睡眠质量差有关。
