1Institute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2014 Feb;29(1):61-6. doi: 10.1177/1533317513505136. Epub 2013 Oct 1.
This study aimed to determine the effects of diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT), heart disease, social isolation, and sociodemographic factors on sleep in the elderly patients with dementia. Samples included 1210 noninstitutionalized, Malaysian elderly patients with dementia. The multiple logistic regression analysis was applied to estimate the risk of sleep disturbances among respondents. Approximately 41% of the patients experienced sleep problems. The results showed that age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.02), social isolation (OR = 1.33), and HT (OR = 1.53) significantly increased sleep disruption in respondents (P <.05). Furthermore, education (OR =.63) and non-Malay ethnicity (OR = 0.63) significantly decreased sleep problems (P <.05). It was found that DM, heart disease, sex differences, and marital status were not significant predictors of sleep disturbances (P >.05). It was concluded that age, social isolation, and HT increased sleep disruption but education and ethnic non-Malay reduced the risk of sleep problems. Moreover, HT was the most important variable to increase sleep disturbances in the elderly patients with dementia.
本研究旨在确定糖尿病(DM)、高血压(HT)、心脏病、社会隔离以及社会人口因素对痴呆老年患者睡眠的影响。样本包括 1210 名非住院的马来西亚老年痴呆症患者。采用多元逻辑回归分析估计受访者睡眠障碍的风险。大约 41%的患者存在睡眠问题。结果显示,年龄(比值比[OR] = 1.02)、社会隔离(OR = 1.33)和 HT(OR = 1.53)显著增加了受访者的睡眠中断(P<.05)。此外,教育(OR =.63)和非马来族裔(OR = 0.63)显著降低了睡眠问题(P<.05)。研究发现,DM、心脏病、性别差异和婚姻状况不是睡眠障碍的显著预测因素(P>.05)。研究得出结论,年龄、社会隔离和 HT 增加了睡眠中断,但教育和非马来族裔降低了睡眠问题的风险。此外,HT 是增加痴呆老年患者睡眠障碍的最重要变量。